It seems like Instagram has changed certain things, because I have tried several codes on my html website to show the amount of Instagram followers on a button, but nothing works.
I tried this:
<?php
$account='XXX';
$instagramsource=file_get_contents('https://instagram.com/' . $account);
preg_match_all('/"userInteractionCount":"(.*?)"/', $instagramsource, $count);
$followcount=$count[1][0];
echo "$account instagram account has $followcount followers";
?>
Also this
<?php
$otherPage = 'XXX';
$response = file_get_contents("https://www.instagram.com/$otherPage/?__a=1");
if ($response !== false) {
$data = json_decode($response, true);
if ($data !== null) {
$follows = $data['graphql']['user']['edge_follow']['count'];
$followedBy = $data['graphql']['user']['edge_followed_by']['count'];
echo $follows . ' and ' . $followedBy;
}
}
?>
And this ...
<?php
$url = "https://www.instagram.com/XXX";
$json = file_get_contents($url);
$obj = json_decode($json, true);
$content = $obj['query']['results']['script']['content'];
$content = str_replace("window._sharedData =", "", $content);
$content = str_replace(";", "", $content);
$content = trim($content);
$json = json_decode($content);
$instagram_follower_count = $json->entry_data->ProfilePage{0}->user->followed_by->count;
?>
And finally this:
<?php
$username = 'XXX';
$response = @file_get_contents( "https://www.instagram.com/$username/?__a=1" );
if ( $response !== false ) {
$data = json_decode( $response, true );
if ( $data !== null ) {
$follows = $data['graphql']['user']['edge_follow']['count'];
$followedBy = $data['graphql']['user']['edge_followed_by']['count'];
echo 'XXX follows:' . $follows . ' and is followed by: ' . $followedBy;
}
}
?>
None works. Can anyone indicate what would work in 2021, please? Thanks.
Instagram blocked access via __a=1 parameter since 2018-04-12. __a=1 must be replaced by JS and Ajax bypass. I've looked for an alternative solution. You can use javascript code inside php. For example:
async function instagramFollowers () {
const followers = []
try {
const userInfoSource = await Axios.get('https://www.instagram.com/123/')
const jsonObject = userInfoSource.data.match(/<script type="text\/javascript">window\._sharedData = (.*)<\/script>/)[1].slice(0, -1)
const userInfo = JSON.parse(jsonObject)
const mediaArray = userInfo.entry_data.ProfilePage[0].graphql.user.edge_owner_to_timeline_media.edges.splice(0, 10)
for (let media of mediaArray) {
const node = media.node
followers.push(node.thumbnail_src)
}
} catch (e) {
console.error('Unable to retrieve Followers. Reason: ' + e.toString())
}
return followers
}
Other helpful links: how to write javascript code inside php
https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-use-ajax-in-php-and-jquery--cms-32494