Instagram Hashtag Preview

Instagram Hashtag Preview employs Puppeteer to automatically extract image URLs for specific Instagram hashtags. No authentication or developer app needed. With this tool you can easily show a preview of Instagram images for a specific hashtag on your website. This is very suitable for event websites, where you want to show images tagged with a specific hashtag.

How to Run

Prerequisites

Before running the instagram-hashtag-preview, ensure you have Docker installed on your machine. If Docker is not installed, you can download it from Docker's official site.

Running the Application

Start the Application

Use Docker Compose to start the application. Open a terminal and run the following command from the root directory of the project:

docker-compose up -d

Accessing the Application: With the services running, you can now access the application using curl or any HTTP client. To retrieve image URLs for the Instagram hashtag #test, use the following curl command:

curl http://localhost:5101/photos/test

This will output the list of image URLs tagged with #test on Instagram.

Stopping the Application

To stop and remove all the running services, use the following Docker Compose command:

docker-compose down