How to get the source code using php for a instagram profil?

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:11 am

Hi folks,

I am in a need to retrieve the number of foll0wers of a particular instagram profile which is to be displayed on my website page.

I have tried with instagram api. but it seems that the visitors could view the follower count only if the visitor to my site is logged in to their instagram, else they cant.

So, i think i could apply things differently. and found a solution but still not working.

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in which we could view the coldstone profile page with the Followercount displayed.

To my point, Is it possible to retreive that particular Followerscount (value) from the source code of Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! .

Thank you.

Regards,
Abutty.

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:21 pm

Not to say it would be impossible, but pretty sure you would run into problems attempting to retrieve the follower count by parsing the profile page on instagram. Much of the content on Instagram appears to be generated by JavaScript; if I disable it I just get a white page. Sad

Your best bet is working within their API. There are a bunch of posts about it on stackoverflow. I might start here and see what happens: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14414606/getting-basic-information-from-instagram-using-php?rq=1