The Instagram Graph API allows you to programmatically access Instagram Business Accounts so you can more easily manage media objects, view comments and metadata, and get insights and metrics with custom-built apps.
How to Connect
There are two ways to connect to Instagram: via the Sources connection wizard in the Web UI (recommended), or using SQL statements in the CData Virtuality Studio or the Code Editor in the Web UI. Here, we describe the first way; for the second way, see the subpage.
1. Go to the Sources tab and click + New Source:
2. Find the Instagram button in the list of connectors or type ‘instagram’ in the search field and select it:
3. Click the button, edit the data source name if needed, and click 'Continue with Facebook':
Usage
The Instagram Business API connector introduces a new virtual schema instagram that contains the following stored procedures:
In addition to these public API procedures, there is the instagram_examples virtual schema that shows an exemplary usage of the public API:
If not needed, you can delete all the example views directly by dropping instagram_examples.