Get Instagram Media Details in ASP.NET

Introduction

To get Instagram Media details, you need a developer account and accesstoken.

Please see my earlier post on how to get an accesstoken from Instagram. Here is the blog.

Step 1

Step 2

Create an ASP.Net web application and add a page (PostDetails.aspx) (or) to continue with my earlier post, add a new aspx page.

Step 3

Create a button(GetInstaPostDetails) in aspx page.

Also, add GridView on the page to display details.

Code in PostDetails.aspx:

<%@ Page Title="PostDetails" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Site.Master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="PostDetails.aspx.cs" Inherits="InstagramApp.PostDetails" %>
<asp:Content ID="BodyContent" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
<div class="jumbotron">
<asp:Button ID="btnInstUserMedia" runat="server" Text="GetPostDetails" OnClick="btnInstUserMedia_Click" />
<br />
<br />
<asp:GridView ID="GridViewPostCaption" runat="server"></asp:GridView>
</div>
</asp:Content>

Step 4

Go to the code behind (PostDetails.aspx.cs):

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
namespace InstagramApp {
public partial class PostDetails: System.Web.UI.Page {
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {}
protected void btnInstUserMedia_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
string id = string.Empty;
string caption = string.Empty;
string mediaType = string.Empty;
string mediaUrl = string.Empty;
string strAccessToken = "Your Access Token";
string instaGraphURL = "https://graph.instagram.com/";
string instMediaURL = instaGraphURL + "me/media?fields=id,caption,media_type,media_url&access_token=" + strAccessToken;
System.Net.ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = new System.Net.Security.RemoteCertificateValidationCallback(AcceptAllCertifications);
try {
HttpWebRequest httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create(instMediaURL);
httpWebRequest.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip;
using(HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse) httpWebRequest.GetResponse())
using(Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream())
using(StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream)) {
var obj = reader.ReadToEnd();
JObject userObject = JObject.Parse(obj);
foreach(var result in userObject["data"]) {
id = (string) result["id"];
caption = (string) result["caption"];
mediaType = (string) result["media_type"];
mediaUrl = (string) result["media_url"];
}
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add("Id", typeof(string));
dt.Columns.Add("Caption", typeof(string));
dt.Columns.Add("MediaType", typeof(string));
dt.Columns.Add("MediaUrl", typeof(string));
dt.Rows.Add(id, caption, mediaType, mediaUrl);
GridViewPostDetails.DataSource = dt;
GridViewPostDetails.DataBind();
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
throw new Exception(ex.Message);
}
}
private static bool AcceptAllCertifications(object sender, System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate certification, System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Chain chain, System.Net.Security.SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors) {
return true;
}
}
}

Step 5

NameSpaces need to include the following:

using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System.Data;

Now you will get Instagram Post details.

Thank you.