Instagram Shuts Down Basic Display API
Sarah Perez (via Mike Rockwell):
A change to Meta’s developer tools is impacting third-party consumer apps that had previously integrated with Instagram. Among those affected by the changes are the Match-owned dating apps Tinder and Hinge, which had allowed their users to link their Instagram profiles to their accounts to display their posts to potential matches.
Day One, the journaling app that WordPress.com owner Automattic bought in 2021, is also losing a key piece of its functionality because of the change. The company announced on Friday that it will no longer have the ability to import users’ Instagram photos and posts into their journals, due to a change that impacts the abilities of developers to access Instagram data programmatically.
The Instagram API is still available but only works with business accounts.
