Java implementation of Instagram - Obtaining an OAuth token

Question

I'm currently trying to implement the popular service Instagram in a personal project in Java. The API uses OAuth tokens for authentication, and requires users to login and authorize before I can get a user-specific access token. My question is, is it possible to browse to the Instagram login page from inside Java, then follow the redirect to get the access token?

I've tried POSTing to the login page, but it throws a 401 whenever I try.

If anyone could point me in the right direction, I would be eternally grateful.

Regards

Answer 1

I think your approach is not very pragmatic. You have to construct the correct url(s) and give it(them) to the user in someway. Try the steps enumerated here from your command line (eg, curl) and be sure to have all the corresponding values.

...then try the same from your application.