This looks impressive and I really want to check it out. When I open the project it says I'm missing "jit.*.mxo" and thus I don't see anything in the patch. Is that related to something on my end or something relating to this project?

@estevancarlos

Sounds like your Max install is messed up. Try a reinstall of the latest version, and if that does not help, please get in touch with support@

Really into this. Thanks for sharing. Is there any possible way to tell the script to skip over duplicates? For example, if I command it to find and populate images from a certain hashtag, and then later AGAIN tell it to find and populate images from the same hashtag, it brings in the same images again as well as new ones.

@estevancarlos make sure you place the attachment files in the projects folder within your MAX folder. I had the same problem and that seemed to fix it.

@apcuddling - You could store the id's of the images that were downloaded (maybe in a Dict?), and if the API request returned those images again, you could simply throw them out. You would need some logic to request more images (I think the API provides for a startAt value, or something similar), which would be called if the results returned did not provide enough "new" images.

@nealriley Right. Yeah I noticed that they could be manually removed. But the idea I had was to set up a metro to bang the messages requesting the images. So then it would just keep fetching new images. But if I could find a way to automate the dumping of the duplicates, then I could just let it keep running and the newer images would be added in with out duplicating the old ones. Thanks for the response.

Unfortunately I think the Instagram API lacks this capability. The "automating" of this process could come from a JS function you automatically pass the results from the API call to. ie each bang would fetch new images and clean out the dupes.

Hope you get it up and running!

@nealriley Yeah I didn't even entertain the idea that it could be done through the API. I'll toy around with some things and see what happens. I'll post back with any progress. Thanks!

I'm having the same problem as EstevanCarlos-- tried updating and still got the same result. Anyone know what's up?

Thanks!

The implicit loading of jit.*.mxo is expected, as it should already be installed on your machine.

Please describe the problem in more detail to us in support - it maybe be that you have not configured your Instagram ID correctly

Send us screen shots, Max window errors etc

support at cycling 74 dot com

Cheers

-A

Thanks! I'm afraid it's really just that simple. This error dialogue pops up saying the jit.*.mxo is "implicit." I've never heard of an object called jit.*.mxo, and my computer certainly doesn't have one. Is there supposed to be one installed?

The error message was popping up before and after I registered with Instagram developer. I'd attach some screenshots, I'm just not sure what of, outside of that error box.

Thanks again!

@KirkPearson - actually, that isn't really an error and shouldn't slow you down. Any errors in the Max window?

@kirkpearson Not sure if this helps, But I've been messing around with the patch for the last couple of days and have noticed 2 things.

1. Make sure when you unarchived the files that they were placed in the projects folder. 2. Make sure that the Client ID for the Instagram API is getting inputted correctly.

Things seem to be working fine for me. I would like to note though, that the "jit.*.mxo" is still highlighted red in the project window. But everything is working the way what I want it to.

Good luck.

@nealriley

and all

Found a way to prevent the patch from including duplicate images. I know it works on my Mac and it may work on windows. But it all depends on how you have your computer set up to handle files with the same name...

-Open up the inspector for the umenu that lists the names of the included images that were grabbed from Instagram and stored in the media folder. -Click on the ALL tab. -Under the FILES section, click the EDIT button next to FILE TYPES and type in ".jpg"

What happens is when you fetch for more instagram images of the same hashtag or category, they are all stored in the same folder together (the media folder). Mac OS automatically adds a number to the end of a filename if a file with same name already exists in that location. It will add a (1) or a (2) and so on. However, it adds it AFTER the file extension (.jpg). So, in turn, umenu won't include those images to be populated and used in the patch because it doesn't register them as being a .jpg file.

The duplicates will still be stored in the media folder, but umenu will just look over them when they are being populated into the patch.

Again, like I said, not sure if this will work for everybody as it could depend on how your computer or OS handles documents of the same name.

But it worked for me.

Take care!

same error here :-(

inside the project window under other: jit*.mxo (implicit)

and in the message window:

js: bad outlet index 1 [instagtest.js] instagtest.js: Javascript SyntaxError: JSON.parse, line 32

mac osx 10.8.5 mac 6.1.7

For some reason, none of the images are even downloading. There seems to be a variable problem on line 15 in the code. When tagsearch is banged, the .js window says "XMLHttpRequest is not defined, line 15." Despite the problem being so simple, I actually can't find any deficiency in the code.

Sorry if this sounds really stupid, but if I don't have a web site, can I still get a client ID?

@hzd I don't think you have to have a website. I have a website that I used when entering in the info, but I haven't used it in regards to the Instagram API. I just entered it so that I could continue and get the Client ID. I would imagine you could type in any random website url. But who knows. Good luck.

@hhelt

and all:

i was having the same problem you all were having but i fixed it. previously i had entered my client ID in the message box incorrectly with my id number inside the "<>" . when i deleted the little "<>" the patch started working. so whatever problem you're encountering probably has to do with your client id

has anybody spent much time with this yet? i would like to be able to use this to generate images with a specific hashtag and only those images. it's hard to completely understand what is actually happening onscreen. i'm sending it a "tagsearch" message and it seems to bring up all of the previous tagsearches i have made and maybe even the popular page as well? hard to tell.

i want to use this for a performance tomorrow in which i/the audience will be taking pictures/uploading to instagram during the performance. anyone present can tag their photo with the special hashtag for the evening. i'll do a "tagsearch" for that hashtag in max and project the result on a large screen, so that everyone (with a smart phone) can contribute to the visual spectacle. does that make sense?

yes, i just want to be able to make this thing generate images of only one hashtag.

i'm asking for help if that wasn't clear.

@dvdsmoke what you're saying makes perfect sense.

See if this helps...

When you tell the patch to grab photos from instagram (be it "popular" or a specified hashtag), it grabs them and then saves them to a file on your hard drive. When you tell the patch to "populate" the found pictures, it just loads what is in that folder. That's why you keep seeing previous pictures showing up.

Assuming you're using a mac, this folder it located in "/Applications/Max 6.1/projects/media".

Inside the media folder you will find a bunch of pictures. If you delete all of those, you can start fresh.

Knowing this also allows you to place pictures into the folder as well.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Sorry, if I'm the one asking newbie questions, but I'm not at all familiar with web stuff, like urls and OAuth or what you kids like to call it now a days :)

In web site, as I don't have a web site of my own, I could for instance use the web site of the recordcompany that I use? and "OAuth redirect_uri:"…. what is that?

As I said, I'm in way over my head with this stuff, but when I get this into Max, I can do magic :)

I have exactly the same error messages as HHELT. DVDSMOKE's suggestion doesn't apply - my ID isn't inside <>. Besides I get the first part of the error message (js: bad outlet index 1 [instagtest.js]) on opening the patch, i.e. before I even send the message with the client ID to the javascript.

on my machine i get the same errors as Sukandar Kartadinata and HHELT it seems, that there must be something wrong with the patch.

cheers, petcode

OK, here's what fixed it for me. 1. In the javascript I had to delete line 10, instead calling init() from the Max patch (messagebox with "init" connected to the input of the js object). This took care of the "bad outlet index" message 2. The other problem was that I used my Instagram user ID instead of the developer client ID, duh. Should have read the explanation before diving into the patch...

@SUKANDAR KARTADINATA, thanks! For some reason, I'm still getting a "XMLHttpRequest is not defined, line 13" message inside the javascript. Do you know what's up with that?

@kirkpearson sorry, can't help much here. I didn't get this error message during my debugging. upon which message did you get it? (init, setID, or tagsearch)

@apcuddling thanks! that worked.

@hzd you can put in whatever website you want. i used cia.gov

@kirkpearson Please check that you have the latest version of Max installed from the DOWNLOAD page of this site. This feature was introduced in Max 6.1.7, so any previous versions won't have the ability to run this code. I look forward to seeing what you all create with this new feature. I also encourage everyone to visit the Wiki page linked in the article for future updates and other web examples, or add your own.

i've got this patch working pretty functionally, but....

eventually i get these two lines of error in the max window:

maxurl: Failed to connect to 2a03:2880:2130:9f02:face:b00c::1: No route to host instagtest.js: Javascript SyntaxError: JSON.parse, line 32

so the patch will still (mostly) work even with these errors but it will no longer "refresh" the feed. i think these errors might be coming up because i'm "refreshing" the feed too frequently, but i can't be sure. it fixes itself when i restart max. and the internet connection appears to be working fine.

any thoughts on this?

So I got it to work. I understood, that I could use any web site, but I didn't get, that I could use the same url for both fields. Duh :)

So, now some questions. It only finds images from open profiles. Is it somehow possible, to log into my instagram, so I can use images shared with me?

Thx so far :)

@hzd

hey i figured out how to allow this patch to access your personal feed. it's a little complicated so follow closely.

first: - go to http://instagram.com/developer/api-console/ - when you open this page a pop up menu should appear. - under the first part labeled USERS click "GET" next to where it says users/self/feed - before you can send this request, you need an authentication - see the "authentication" drop down menu? if you are logged in to Instagram, then one of the options when you click on it should be "instagram - authenticated user." select that. if you are not logged in, then at some point it should ask you to log in. - click the orange button that says "send" - if you have done everything correctly up to this point, then the RESPONSE section on the lower right side should come back with a message in green letters that says "OK" - keep this page open in your internet browser. we are going to come back to it.

next: - go back into your max patch - double click on the "js instaG.js" object - copy and paste the following code into there, maybe do it below the "function tagsearch" command

function feed(){ api_string = "https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/self/feed?access_token=41474412.1fb234f.7a1b1fd2c3f34f71ab9e647e2e4fe445" bang() }

ok we are almost there: - the link in the code i have pasted above is abitrary and will not give you anyone's feed. i just put it there because it shows the proper syntax - you now want to go back to the api console where we made the request. - in the column labeled REQUEST, it should say GET and then a link beginning with v1/users/self, etc... - copy this link and paste it into the code on the max patch, replacing the arbitrary link i gave you - make sure the link looks right, no extraneous text or whatever, etc - now make sure to SAVE the code

THIS SHOULD BE ALL YOU NEED! now you can send the message "feed" to the "js instaG.js" object and it should work.

Would anyone know how to get this to work with video?

It looks like the API allows you to specify video but I'm not good enough in Max/JS to figure it out on my own. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17791448/retrieve-instagram-video-embed-url-from-api http://instagram.com/developer/endpoints/media/#

Thanks!

Would anyone know how to get this to work with video?

It looks like the API allows you to specify video but I'm not good enough in Max/JS to figure it out on my own. http://instagram.com/developer/endpoints/media/#

Thanks!

@llcooljeans

(This won't solve you problem but I think it may help to keep in mind when moving forward.)

I'm fairly new to jitter and still getting used to it and I could be wrong on this, but...

From what I can tell the patch AS IS will display video files but will only display a still image as the output.

I would like to mention that I did NOT have the patch load instagram videos through API.

Instead I loaded some .mov files into the media folder where the found instagram images are dropped in. Then I told the umenu to only recognize .mov files.

The patch worked as normal but only displayed the .mov files as a still image as if it were an image file.

I imagine something else will need to be changed in the patch to tell the video files to automatically play.

I'll toy around with it some more and let you know if I come across a solution.

Good luck!

Thanks so much! I'll try this tomorrow. I'm hoping changing the umenu and replacing all the image related stuff in the javascript with video (as documented by the instagram dev documentation) will work. Thanks again.

-LL

HI,

Im really struggling to get this patch to work mainly due to my lack of knowledge of Java Script and API. Please find what I have entered in Java Script below. Please could someone point me in the right direction to link this patch to my instagram developer account?

function bang() {

ajaxreq = new XMLHttpRequest();

ajaxreq.open("GET","https://api.instagram.com/oauth/authorize/?client_id=CLIENT-ID&redirect_uri=REDIRECT-URI&response_type=code");

ajaxreq.onreadystatechange = getPictures;

ajaxreq.send(); }

function setID(id){

clientID = 000000000000000;

Hello everybody. Cheers @dvdsmoke I now have set this up, so it only gets files from my instagram user account. Next thing :) How do I narrow it down to a tag in my user? So that it only shows pictures from my account with a sertain tag.

I will try to figure something out, but my javascript knowledge is comparable to a small rock :)

thx Heðin

@truet85

Not sure if this will help you out much...

I have my patch set up where the [js instagtest.js] is reading outside messages being sent that designate specific script details.

I'm not all that well versed in javascript either and it did take me awhile to get the patch to finally work correctly the way I wanted...but maybe these attached screen caps will help.

Good luck!

@apcuddling

Thank you for the help all appears to be working now!

hi andrew, once i've got: payload = JSON.parse(ajaxreq.response);

i'd like to pass this payload to a dict object in the patch. i'd like to write this json to a file on disk.

How do you do that inside the JS is payload a json structure, a javascript obj, etc...?

Hi dear you!

Did you already try to subscribe to tags' update notifications using Max ?

I asked the question there in order to keep the reference in the forum: https://cycling74.com/forums/instagram-api-realtime-notifications-within-max

Thanks for sharing this beautiful patch :-)

Hi, How can i grab more than 20 images? And how can I grab them for a specific time? Has anyone adjusted the js file to use pagination with next_url? The instagram API has some info about pagination and if there are more than 20 images the pagination will give the next_url.

I need to download all the images for a certain hashtag from one day in March.

Thanks D.K.

Any luck in Max7?

I had this working in Max6 but it won't work in 7.

I did a new download and to no avail.

I get this message in the max console: "maxurl . Could not resolve proxy: ers; nodename nor server name provided, or not known"

I have set the ID from the instagram api.

Any ideas?

Works again, after upgrading to Yosemite.

For whom want to have more than 20 pictures from Instagram, I figured out how to do that in the original code:

add one line to end of the getPictures() function:

Then next time when you using getPictures, it will return you the next 20 pictures from next pagination, and update the api_string to next next one.

getting this error in the console

instagtest.js: Javascript TypeError: payload.data is undefined, line 34

Any ideas how to resolve this?

What is jit.*.mxo? —the path is missing in the project window. I'm getting an error in the console: instagtest.js: Javascript TypeError: payload.data is undefined, line 34

Thanks everyone for all the troubleshooting help so far - I share some issues with others here and still haven't had any success with this. I'm using MAX 7. There are the following console errors:

When I send the "tagsearch dog" message:

When I send the "popular" message:

Anytime I switch on the graphics:

Cheers!

Anyone know, if it is possible, te extract the caption from a given instagram?

to fix the payload undefined error, Instagram now wants you to put your Access_Token instead of your clientID. I created an access token with my Instagram developers account. I then added an AccessToken function to the javascript:

var AccessToken;

function AccessToken(id){ //you need a valid Instagram access_token to use this example //visit http://instagram.com/developer to get one AccessToken = id; }

and changed the tagsearch and popular strings to include the access_token instead of ClientID

function tagsearch(tag){ api_string = "https://api.instagram.com/v1/tags/"+tag+"/media/recent?access_token="+AccessToken; bang(); }

function popular(){ api_string = "https://api.instagram.com/v1/media/popular?access_token="+AccessToken; bang(); }

then I sent the new access_token value from max in a message: AccessToken mylongtokenNumberprovidedbyInstragram

Thanks Ryan, that worked. However if you only register a new app instagram, it goes in Sandbox Mode and public content is not available. You have to properly register your app with them and make a submission to go live. Other wise you can still use it but don't get access to public_content.

So if you use an access token gotten through a sandbox app, you'll get this response from any reqest you try to make:

someone had this issue reported on stack overflow, and somebody replied with a valid access token which I'm still using... hehe

You also need to uncheck the Disable implicit OAuth in the security tab of your instagram client app if you're app client is live but still not working.

Last thing, the images url from the JSON response have a query sring at the end that looks like this : 4532622_1878004650_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTIxODg4OTkyNzI3NDgzNzUxNw%3D%3D.2.l

You need to get rid of it, otherwise it on save on you're desktop. cause you know.. .jpg?ig_cache... is not a file format... (at least it did not work for me on windows)...

So I changed the getImagURL function by adding a second replace to pname... you can surely use a nicer regex that does this without repetition, but I was lazy.

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hi all,

i'm trying to use this patch but doesn't work,

i create a new client inside http://instagram.com/developer (that is in sandbox mode, but i don't understand if is enough to run this example)

i got the access token from Instagram, and changed the js with the Ryan's indication.

but when i send the message "AccessToken", after send "setID" the .js say "no function AccessToken" even with this code inside

var AccessToken;

function AccessToken(id){ //you need a valid Instagram access_token to use this example //visit http://instagram.com/developer to get one AccessToken = id; }

and naturally when try to use tag search i got the payload error.

In my case it dosnt work too, as you can see in the image i have the message js: bad outlet index 1 [instagtest.js] I put my ID setID 9419a019d1eb45f29fe20e78be6679bd but nothing happen... Any idea to solve this?... Best!

I have the same problem with jit.*.mxo and with js: bad outlet index 1 [instagtest.js]

Does anyone resolve this please??.. Best!

Has anyone experienced maxurl's connection timeouts sort of blocking any future connection? After the above mentioned fixes, this patch works great for the first two hours or so, then I get a connection timeout and the only way to make it work again is to quit Max. Thoughts?

I followed the instructions from Ryan (March 24, 2016) I still can't get it to work. Using Max 7.3.4 My Instagram account is on Sandbox