Instagram API not working via Nodejs

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Here is my http POST code, running on localhost:

if(headers['Content-Type'] == undefined)
        headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';

    var post_options = {
          host: host,
          path: path,
          port: port,
          method: 'POST',
          headers: headers
    };

    if(headers['Content-Type'] == "application/json"){
        post_options["json"] = true;
        var post_data = JSON.stringify(body);
    }else
        var post_data = querystring.stringify(body);

     var post_req = http.request(post_options, function(res) {

          var body = '';

          console.log("INSIDE CALLBACK HTTP POST");

          res.setEncoding('utf8');

          res.on('data', function (chunk) {
              body += chunk;
              console.log('Response: ' + chunk);
          });

          res.on('end', function () {
            var post = querystring.parse(body);
            console.log("FINAL BODY:",post);
          });

          //console.log("RESPONSE in http POST:",res);

      });

      // post the data
      console.log("WRITING HTTP POST DATA");
      var sent_handler = post_req.write(post_data);

      console.log("POST_REQ:",post_req);
      console.log("sent_handler:",sent_handler);

      post_req.end();

Here is the information I send to instagram exactly:

  • host = "api.instagram.com"
  • path = "/oauth/access_token"
  • body as follows:

    body["client_id"] = CLIENT_ID;

    body["client_secret"] = CLIENT_SECRET;

    body["grant_type"] = "authorization_code";

    body["redirect_uri"] = AUTHORIZATION_REDIRECT_URI;

    body["code"] = login_code;

    body["scope"] = "public_content";

  • headers = {} (empty, assumes headers['Content-Type'] == undefined as true)

  • Important: sent_handler returns false

  • The console.log for "FINAL BODY" (variable post) returns "{}"

To note: communications using curl with the api instagram works. So I really believe the problem is in some part of this code in nodejs.

Does anyone have any idea? Please ask if there is need for more information

Aug 19, 2022 in Node-js by Neha
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