Instagram Feed API

Question

I understand that Instagram blocked the Legacy API on March 31st, 2020, which disabled functionality of the Instagram feed within the Canvas template. Because of this, I have created a Facebook app through the Facebook Developers portal, added my Instagram user account to the app, and generated an access token for myself. Within js/functions.js, I have changed the access token from its default value to my newly acquired token. However, I am curious as to what the value after the token is for. Is this a Facebook App ID? Should I replace it with the app ID of my newly created app? If not, what should it be replaced with?

Thank you!

SemiColonWeb · Accepted Answer

Hello,

Unfortunately, this would not work that way and you will need to enable Basic Display for your App which has to go under review from the Facebook Staff. After approval, you will be able to create an Access Token following the Instructions here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-basic-display-api/overview#instagram-user-access-tokens . Also, unfortunately, our Instagram Plugin is currently not designed to interact with the Graph API. And so we are planning to discontinue this Widget in our Next Update and will only reinstate it once we have a more simple solution for this. Thanks for your Patience.

Meanwhile, do let us know if we can help you with anything else or if you find any further issues with Canvas.