<a href=“https://www.instagram.com/”>Instagram</a> is a great way to share images and short videos with your friends. But it is designed for use on a phone. How can we capture Instagram feeds and put them on our website? If Python is not your preference you can read about <a href=“https://rapidapi.com/blog/instagram-api-php/”>how to use the Instagram API using PHP and Node.js</a>. But if <a href=“https://rapidapi.com/blog/category/tutorial/python/”>Python</a> is your jam, follow along and you can learn about using Instagram API with Python.
<span data-offset-key=“8ikv7-0-0”>I recently helped create a site for running </span><a href=“https://virtualstarsgymnastics.com/”><span data-offset-key=“8ikv7-1-0”>virtual gymnastics competitions. </span></a><span data-offset-key=“8ikv7-2-0”>I thought it would be fun to see what people had posted on Instagram about their experience. We instructed people to use a specific tag for their YouTube video entries. We gave no direction about Instagram. In this article, we go through a process that allows us to pull a list of Instagram posts. The resulting posts use a specific hashtag. This list then populates an HTML file that shows in an iframe or widget on another site.</span>
The following list is a summary of the process we will follow:
<h2>A Five-Step Process</h2>
<ol>
<li><strong>Make sure you have python installed on your server</strong></li>
<li><strong>Get an API Key</strong></li>
<li><strong>Subscribe to the Instagram API</strong></li>
<li><strong>Create an output template in Python</strong></li>
<li><strong>Use it in different contexts</strong></li>
</ol>
<p>Read the rest at: <a href=“https://rapidapi.com/blog/instagram-api-python/”>https://rapidapi.com/blog/instagram-api-python/</a>.</p>