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Instagram get user ID from username

I recently found out from my employer that a public access token is no longer needed for obtaining a user ID from a user name which is great but I cannot find the relative documentation. I have been on the Instagram api and I cannot find this information or how it is achieved.

I found the solution using a client_ID like so.

https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/search?q=[USERNAME]&client_id=[CLIENT ID]
Solution

  • I found the solution using a client_ID like so.

    https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/search?q=[USERNAME]&client_id=[CLIENT ID]