Instagram API get location data on geotagged photo

Question

Is it possible to retrieve location data about a business or a venue a photo was tagged at on Instagram using python and the Instagram API ?

I have been using access token for my own account and have Python Instagram installed.

Answer 1

You should query the image using the get_media request to get its location details.

If the image was geo-tagged, the response will include the location details like this:

"location":  {
    "latitude": 40.417044464,
    "name": "Puerta del Sol Madrid",
    "longitude": -3.703540741,
    "id": 3002373
}

To get this data with python use the Python-Instagram package and call api.media :

import instagram

# Fill in access token here and image id
access_token = ''
media_id = ''
api = instagram.client.InstagramAPI(access_token=access_token)
res = api.media(media_id)
print res.location

# You should get a Location object with a latitude and a longitude point
>> Location: 3002373 (Point: (40.417044464, -3.703540741))