I wonder how (and if) this works because the Instagram API doesn't allow direct posting - there are workarounds like latergram.me but those work on/with iOS extensions
@bramk Instagram's API allows direct posting–just not the public one. I managed to reverse engineer most of the private API (which for the record, was not _that_ difficult), which is how this app manages to perform upload functionality.
Let me first of all clear up any existing discrepancies about the product. Firstly, the app cannot, in theory, be shut down by Instagram–period. I specifically implemented a feature in the requests that the app makes in which each upload request looks as if it's coming from a device (which is unique, and changes every time–this also comforts the spam filters). Thus, if Instagram effectively wanted to shutdown the product, they would have to effectively ban all of the specific device(s) which I mimic entirely. Secondly, I would like to point out that Facebook already found out about the product and they want to pull the plug. Interestingly enough, an engineer contacted me and not a representative of Facebook's legal team. I'm currently working with them to get this matter resolved efficiently. Lastly, as I mentioned below, our app connects to private API endpoints–which is how it performs uploads.
@zaersk_ this sounds pretty amazing haha - thinking about buying it- if this stays alive you're going to make A LOT of money (think of all the bloggers who would kill for this)
@chrismessina An engineer contacted me, not the legal team (they also didn't report the app to Apple), so I'm looking at this as a very peculiar, isolated case. However, I'm not dismissing the notion that they will eventually contact Apple. If they do, my hands would be tied (me vs. Facebook). But notwithstanding that, I still have some legal cards up my sleeve that I am willing to pull if it goes to that extent. As of now, I'm hoping to resolve this matter with some higher level people at Facebook.
Since Instagram purposefully does not have a public API for photo upload, I'm guessing he's mimicking the native app and using their private API. Curious to see how long this one lasts...
@ilyashassani To be honest, I want to open source the entire Objective-C wrapper for the backend (uploading, liking, direct messages, commenting, etc.), but my conscience is convincing me to do otherwise. I've already had people come up to me asking for the code so that they could make a mass-spam bot. Stuff like that makes me hesitant about releasing this beast into the wild.
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