Get Instagram Media Details in ASP.NET

In this blog, you will learn how to 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

 

Log in into a developer account, get an AccessToken, and preserve it.

 

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.