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Instagram#

Follow these steps to configure Instagram for Social Feeds.

Your Facebook/Instagram App does not require review and approval by Facebook/Instagram to use Social Feeds.

In order to fetch from Instagram, you must ensure the following:

  • Your Instagram account is set to "Business" and not "Creator".
  • Your Instagram account is linked to a Facebook page.

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Connecting to Instagram#

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Step 1: Register a Facebook App#

  1. Go to the Meta for Developers page.
  2. Click the Create App button.
  3. Select I don’t want to connect a business portfolio yet. and click the Next button.
  4. Select Other and click the Next button.
  5. Select Business and click the Next button.
  6. Fill in the App Name and App Contact Email. The Business Portfolio is optional.

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Step 2: Setup Instagram Graph API#

  1. Once created, in the left-hand sidebar, click the Add Product button.
  2. Under Instagram click the Set Up button.

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Step 3: Setup Facebook Login for Business#

  1. In the left-hand sidebar, click the Add Product button.
  2. Under Facebook Login for Business click the Set Up button.
  3. Navigate to the Facebook Login for Business section in the left-hand sidebar, click Settings.
  4. For the Valid OAuth Redirect URIs setting, enter the value from the Redirect URI field in Social Feeds.
  5. Click the Save Changes button.
  6. Navigate to App Settings → Basic item in the left-hand sidebar.
  7. Enter your domain name to the App Domains field.
  8. Enter your Privacy Policy URL and Terms of Service URL.
  9. Click the Save Changes button.
  10. Copy the App ID from Facebook and paste in the Client ID field in Social Feeds.
  11. Copy the App Secret from Facebook and paste in the Client Secret field in Social Feeds.
  12. Save the Social Feeds source, ready to connect.

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Step 4: Connect to Instagram#

  1. In the Social Feeds source settings, click the Connect button and login to Instagram.
  2. Ensure you pick the Facebook Business account associated with the Instagram account you need to access.
  3. Ensure you pick the Facebook Page that has admin access to your Instagram account.
  4. Ensure you pick the Instagram Account to access.

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Step 5: Select your Instagram Business Account#

  1. Select the Instagram Business Account that is linked to your Facebook page, to pull content from.
  2. Click the Save button for the account.

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Available Content#

Instagram provides the following types of content as posts.

  • Profile Posts (Posts from your Instagram profile)
  • Hashtags (Posts containing hashtags)
  • Tagged Posts (Posts you have been tagged in)

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