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Get local Instagram api credentials with ngrok

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It can be long to find the way through the documentation for these simple steps, so here is a shortcut.
Go to https://www.instagram.com/developer/clients/manage/ and get a Client ID and Client Secret.

  1. Start a local server
php -S localhost:8000
  1. Start Ngrok and get the forwarding url
    (e.g. http://my.ngrok.io)
./ngrok http 8000

  1. Copy this url into the security tab from the Instagram ui

    Ngrok Instagram

  2. Get the code
    Access this url from the browser:
    https://www.instagram.com/oauth/authorize/?client\_id=CLIENT-ID&redirect\_uri=http://my.ngrok.io&response\_type=code
    it will redirect then to http://my.ngrok.io/?code=CODE

  3. Get the access token

curl -F 'client_id=CLIENT-ID' \
-F 'client_secret=CLIENT-SECRET' \
-F 'grant_type=authorization_code' \
-F 'redirect_uri=http://my.ngrok.io' \
-F 'code=CODE' \
https://api.instagram.com/oauth/access_token

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