How long is instagram API access token valid ?

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I want to put a simple gallery which retrieves photos from instagram to my web site. I got my access token from instagram manually (ttps://instagram.com/oauth/authorize/?client_id=[CLIENT_ID_HERE]&redirect_uri=http://localhost&response_type=token). And it is works fine with simple java sript and ajax but my complain is How long this access token will be valid ? Now it works fine but should I do something on back end ?

What I have tried:

https://instagram.com/oauth/authorize/?client_id=[CLIENT_ID_HERE]&redirect_uri=http://localhost&response_type=token

I typethe above URL to browser then get my acces token manually then use it in my ajax call.

Posted 21-May-16 0:26am

Ermany

Updated 21-May-16 0:43am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-21T00:43:00

Start with the documentation: Instagram Developer Documentation[^] which says:

Even though our access tokens do not specify an expiration time, your app should handle the case that either the user revokes access, or Instagram expires the token after some period of time. If the token is no longer valid, API responses will contain an "error_type=OAuthAccessTokenError". In this case you will need to re-authenticate the user to obtain a new valid token.

Which means that they don't normally expire at all, but you need to detect when they do and repeat your manual procedure to get a new one.