Instagram has returned invalid data. What’s going on and how to fix this?

Instagram has returned invalid data. Looks like everybody’s having this problem.

Just chiming in here to say our site is also showing the “Instagram has returned invalid data.” error for the embedded instagram feed.

Also having an Instagram error “Instagram has returned invalid data.” please help me…Thank You

Hey there – is it possible to have the thumbnails for portfolios be 16:9 instead of square? I understand this may involve some messing with the page templates – where would I start?

Same here. Getting “Instagram has returned invalid data” error

Also having an Instagram error “Instagram has returned invalid data.”

Also having an Instagram error “Instagram has returned invalid data.”

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Also having an Instagram error “Instagram has returned invalid data.”

Suddenly this message appeared: : Instagram has returned invalid data. and Instagram feed it doesn’t work

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First it is a nice theme but i have some doubts,

In this template : http://flatsome3.uxthemes.com/shop/booking/weekend-in-san-fransico/?style=layout-explore

When i put add to car he go to another page, why? i don’t want that i want when the user press the button just add the product to the car.

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because i will use a lot and have a plugin called event calendar that use that!

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What is the response time when mailing the support email? I emailed 2 days ago but still no response….

Re “Instagram has returned invalid data”. Try this alternative code (definitely works for me). Just replace the entire flatsome_scrape_instagram function in flatsome/inc/shortcodes/ux_instagram_feed.php with this:

function flatsome_scrape_instagram( $username ) {

    $username = trim( strtolower( $username ) );

    switch ( substr( $username, 0, 1 ) ) {
        case '#':
            $url              = 'https://instagram.com/explore/tags/' . str_replace( '#', '', $username );
            $transient_prefix = 'h';
            break;

        default:
            $url              = 'https://instagram.com/' . str_replace( '@', '', $username );
            $transient_prefix = 'u';
            break;
    }

    if ( false === ( $instagram = get_transient( 'insta-a10-' . $transient_prefix . '-' . sanitize_title_with_dashes( $username ) ) ) ) {

        $remote = wp_remote_get( $url );

        if ( is_wp_error( $remote ) ) {
            return new WP_Error( 'site_down', esc_html__( 'Unable to communicate with Instagram.', 'wp-instagram-widget' ) );
        }

        if ( 200 !== wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $remote ) ) {
            return new WP_Error( 'invalid_response', esc_html__( 'Instagram did not return a 200.', 'wp-instagram-widget' ) );
        }

        $shards      = explode( 'window._sharedData = ', $remote['body'] );
        $insta_json  = explode( ';</script>', $shards[1] );
        $insta_array = json_decode( $insta_json[0], true );

        if ( ! $insta_array ) {
            return new WP_Error( 'bad_json', esc_html__( 'Instagram has returned invalid data.', 'wp-instagram-widget' ) );
        }

        if ( isset( $insta_array['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['graphql']['user']['edge_owner_to_timeline_media']['edges'] ) ) {
            $images = $insta_array['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['graphql']['user']['edge_owner_to_timeline_media']['edges'];
        } elseif ( isset( $insta_array['entry_data']['TagPage'][0]['graphql']['hashtag']['edge_hashtag_to_media']['edges'] ) ) {
            $images = $insta_array['entry_data']['TagPage'][0]['graphql']['hashtag']['edge_hashtag_to_media']['edges'];
        } else {
            return new WP_Error( 'bad_json_2', esc_html__( 'Instagram has returned invalid data.', 'wp-instagram-widget' ) );
        }

        if ( ! is_array( $images ) ) {
            return new WP_Error( 'bad_array', esc_html__( 'Instagram has returned invalid data.', 'wp-instagram-widget' ) );
        }

        $instagram = array();

        foreach ( $images as $image ) {
            if ( true === $image['node']['is_video'] ) {
                $type = 'video';
            } else {
                $type = 'image';
            }

            $caption = __( 'Instagram Image', 'wp-instagram-widget' );
            if ( ! empty( $image['node']['edge_media_to_caption']['edges'][0]['node']['text'] ) ) {
                $caption = wp_kses( $image['node']['edge_media_to_caption']['edges'][0]['node']['text'], array() );
            }

            $instagram[] = array(
                'description' => $caption,
                'link'        => trailingslashit( '//instagram.com/p/' . $image['node']['shortcode'] ),
                'time'        => $image['node']['taken_at_timestamp'],
                'comments'    => $image['node']['edge_media_to_comment']['count'],
                'likes'       => $image['node']['edge_liked_by']['count'],
                'thumbnail'   => preg_replace( '/^https?\:/i', '', $image['node']['thumbnail_resources'][0]['src'] ),
                'small'       => preg_replace( '/^https?\:/i', '', $image['node']['thumbnail_resources'][2]['src'] ),
                'large'       => preg_replace( '/^https?\:/i', '', $image['node']['thumbnail_resources'][4]['src'] ),
                'original'    => preg_replace( '/^https?\:/i', '', $image['node']['display_url'] ),
                'type'        => $type,
            );
        } // End foreach().

        // do not set an empty transient - should help catch private or empty accounts.
        if ( ! empty( $instagram ) ) {
            $instagram = base64_encode( serialize( $instagram ) );
            set_transient( 'insta-a10-' . $transient_prefix . '-' . sanitize_title_with_dashes( $username ), $instagram, apply_filters( 'null_instagram_cache_time', HOUR_IN_SECONDS * 2 ) );
        }
    }

    if ( ! empty( $instagram ) ) {

        return unserialize( base64_decode( $instagram ) );

    } else {

        return new WP_Error( 'no_images', esc_html__( 'Instagram did not return any images.', 'wp-instagram-widget' ) );

    }
}

For people getting tired of waiting for an update and reaction of Flatsome Team here is a fix i have just finished to test, that is working 100%

Find the new WP error badjson2 line beginning by: “if ( isset….”

And replace by all of this code bellow till the end of foreach image section:

if ( isset( $insta_array['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['user']['media']['nodes'] ) ) {
                $images = $insta_array['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['user']['media']['nodes'];
            } elseif ( isset( $insta_array['entry_data']['TagPage'][0]['graphql']['hashtag']['edge_hashtag_to_media']['edges'] ) ) {
                $images = $insta_array['entry_data']['TagPage'][0]['graphql']['hashtag']['edge_hashtag_to_media']['edges'];
            } elseif ( isset( $insta_array['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['graphql']['user']['edge_owner_to_timeline_media']['edges'] ) ) {
                $images = $insta_array['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['graphql']['user']['edge_owner_to_timeline_media']['edges'];
            }
                else {
                return new WP_Error( 'bad_json_2', esc_html__( 'Instagram has returned invalid data.', 'flatsome-admin' ) );
            }

        if ( ! is_array( $images ) ) {
            return new WP_Error( 'bad_array', esc_html__( 'Instagram has returned invalid data.', 'flatsome-admin' ) );
        }

        $instagram = array();

        foreach ( $images as $image ) {
                        if ( true === $image['node']['is_video'] ) {
                            $type = 'video';
                        } else {
                            $type = 'image';
                        }

                        $caption = __( 'Instagram Image', 'wp-instagram-widget' );
                        if ( ! empty( $image['node']['edge_media_to_caption']['edges'][0]['node']['text'] ) ) {
                            $caption = $image['node']['edge_media_to_caption']['edges'][0]['node']['text'];
                        }

                        $instagram[] = array(
                            'description'   => $caption,
                            'link'              => trailingslashit( '//instagram.com/p/' . $image['node']['shortcode'] ),
                            'time'              => $image['node']['taken_at_timestamp'],
                            'comments'          => $image['node']['edge_media_to_comment']['count'],
                            'likes'             => $image['node']['edge_liked_by']['count'],
                            'thumbnail'         => preg_replace( '/^https?\:/i', '', $image['node']['thumbnail_resources'][0]['src'] ),
                            'small'            => preg_replace( '/^https?\:/i', '', $image['node']['thumbnail_resources'][2]['src'] ),
                            'large'            => preg_replace( '/^https?\:/i', '', $image['node']['thumbnail_resources'][4]['src'] ),
                            'original'        => preg_replace( '/^https?\:/i', '', $image['node']['display_url'] ),
                            'type'              => $type,
                        );
            }

Enjoy

Come on guys the Instagram API changes were announced in late January. Switching to Graph API was not a suprise….

They said developpers should be prepared and that they also should implement an automatic update function to their plugin as this new Graph API will cause frequent changes of Instagram connected services.

This is not acceptable for people using your theme as BUSINESS theme to get their homepage broken for days each time Instagram will change something !

The team reactivity/support is becoming lower and slower these late monthes….

P.S: @nuffstuff code is not working here too Majority of good instagram plugins were back on track in some hours