permalink field not working in the basic Instagram API

Question

When I am triggering the below URL then I got the error message in the response,

https://graph.instagram.com/me/media?fields=id,caption,media_type,media_url,permalink,thumbnail_url,timestamp,username&access_token=[token]

Response : { "error": { "message": "An unexpected error has occurred. Please retry your request later.", "type": "OAuthException", "is_transient": true, "code": 2, "fbtrace_id": "A7NK5iyZc7KWjLRWuhZEGNA" } }

But when I remove the permalink field form the URL then I am getting the results.

https://graph.instagram.com/me/media?fields=id,caption,media_type,media_url,thumbnail_url,timestamp,username&access_token=[token]

Response: { "data": [ { "id": "17912377570308383", "media_type": "IMAGE", "media_url": "..", "timestamp": "2019-06-28T12:55:01+0000", "username": "testing.demo1" } ... },

So think the permalink field is not working due to some issues.

For your references, first link ( with permalink ) was worked at yesterday.

Doc Link of the fields : https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-basic-display-api/reference/media#fields

Answer 1

It is a general problem for all users using Instagram Basic API. We shall wait until it is solved on Facebook end.

Please follow the issue on support thread: https://developers.facebook.com/support/bugs/935079356895648/