Videos from Instagram not showing up

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It seems like they deprecated that og:video tag so it doesn’t work like my previous comment anymore.

I tried to do it using this trick.

https://www.instagram.com/p/[video ID]/?__a=1

Where video ID is the ID from the Instagram video, for example with this link:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdJ9zCCA5Tk/

The ID is CdJ9zCCA5Tk.

The first link will give you a JSON response with the video links inside it.

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However when I tried copying those links to the video component, it doesn’t work. Accessing that link directly in the browser means a direct download of the video file, which worked when I play it locally.

So I guess the steps must be using Make/Integromat to:

  • Retrieve the video ID when you add a new Instagram video link to your app. Construct the Instagram JSON link.

  • Making a call to the Instagram JSON link.

  • Retrieve the video link from the JSON response.

  • Using a HTTP call in Make to download the file from the URL.

  • Upload the file somewhere publicly accessible.

  • Update the new file link back to your app.

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