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Dev version of instaR package: Access to Instagram API via R
https://github.com/pablobarbera/instaR

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Dev version of instaR package: Access to Instagram API via R

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instaR: Access to Instagram API via R
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This package provides a series of functions that allow R users to access Instagram's API to search for media that mention specific hashtags or were sent from a certain location, to download recent pictures from a given users, and to capture lists of followers.

__IMPORTANT__: according to the [updated platform policy](https://www.instagram.com/developer/changelog/), access to most endpoints of the Instagram API (including those that return public data) requires previous approval by Instagram. More information about the permission review process can be found [here](https://www.instagram.com/developer/review/).

## Getting Started from GitHub
To install from github, first install the devtools package and and then run ``devtools::install_github("pablobarbera/instaR/instaR")``

The httpuv package is needed to trigger the web request when authorizing against Instragram using instaOAuth. When configuring the client on https://instagram.com/developer/clients/ to receive your `app_id` and `app_secret` ensure the REDIRECT URI includes the trailing / e.g. `http://localhost:1410/`

Functionalities include:
* Downloading pictures from users / using hashtags
* Getting comments for individual posts
* Getting likes for individual posts
* Getting the most popular posts
* Getting basic user information
* Getting a hash tag count

For examples please see examples.R

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