How to create Instagram Access Token
What’s an Instagram Access Token?
Access Tokens are used in token-based authentication to allow an application to access an API. The application receives an Access Token after a user successfully authenticates and authorizes access, then passes the Access Token as a credential when it calls the target API. The passed token informs the API that the bearer of the token has been authorized to access the API and perform specific actions specified by the scope that was granted during authorization.
Before getting your Access Token you have to register as a developer in Facebook and to receive App ID and App Secret. Please go to Facebook as an administrator and follow the steps below.
1. Create a Facebook App
2. Go to Basic Settings
3. Scroll down and Add a Platform
4. Select the Website Platform
Click save changes.
5. Add Instagram Product
6. Create new Instagram App ID
Go to the Basic Settings of Instagram Product.
7. Add an Instagram test user
8. Login to your Instagram
Click the cog icon and go to Apps and Websites.
Accept the invite from the APP.
9. Generate the Instagram Token
Go to Instagram > Basic Settings and click Generate Token.
Authorize Instagram to access the media.
Tick the box 'I Understand' and you're there.
