installation.md

Installation

Setting up Instafeed.js is pretty straight-forward - there are 3 main steps.

1. Create a Facebook app linked to a Professional Instagram Account, and add yourself as a test user. See steps 1-6 of the official documentation
2. Create an access token and provide it to an Instagram Token service. See Managing User Tokens.
3. Add the instafeed.js script to your web page and provide some simple options. See Usage.

If you prefer to watch a video tutorial, check out this video which covers all the above steps.

Instafeed.js is compatible with all of the following loading mechanisms:

• Browser globals
• RequireJS
• CommonJS (require)
• ECMAScript Modules (import)

Browser Globals

If you are loading Instafeed.js via the standard <script> tag, Instafeed.js will be available under the global variable Instafeed:

<script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/instafeed.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var feed = new Instafeed({
    //...
  });
</script>

RequireJS

requirejs(["path/to/instafeed.min.js"], function (Instafeed) {
  var feed = new Instafeed({
    //...
  });
});

CommonJS (require)

const Instafeed = require("instafeed.js");

var feed = new Instafeed({
  //...
});

ECMAScript Modules (import)

import Instafeed from "instafeed.js";

var feed = new Instafeed({
  //...
});