InstagramAPI.py

from lib.instagram_lbs.instagram import client, subscriptions
from lib.instagram_lbs.instagram.client import InstagramAPI
import lib.instagram_lbs.instagram.simplejson as json
import urllib2

class Instagram_API(object):
	
	def __init__(self,client_id,client_secret):
		self.client_id=client_id
		self.client_secret=client_secret
		self.api = InstagramAPI(self.client_id, self.client_secret)

## Gets the user ID from the given username
	def getUserID(self,username):
		url='https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/search?q='+username+'&client_id='+self.client_id
		response = urllib2.urlopen(url)
		html = response.read()
		dct=json.loads(html)
		return dct['data'][0]['id']
		#html=html.split('"')
		#return html[len(html)-2] 

## Method to get the photos from a keyword	
	def getPhotos(self, keyword, amount, last_photoid, new=True):
		photos=[]
		if keyword[0]=="@":
			keyword=keyword.split('@',1)
			uid=self.getUserID(keyword[1])
			if new == True:
				user_media = self.api.user_recent_media(user_id=uid, count=amount, min_id=last_photoid)
			else:
				user_media = self.api.user_recent_media(user_id=uid, count=amount, max_id=last_photoid)
			url=user_media[1]
			response = urllib2.urlopen(url)
			html = response.read()
			dct=json.loads(html)
			for image in dct['data']:
                                url= image['images']['standard_resolution']['url']
                                print url
			return dct
		elif keyword[0]=="#":
			keyword=keyword.split('#',1)
			if new == True:
				hash_media = self.api.tag_recent_media(count=amount, min_id=last_photoid, tag_name=keyword[1])
			else:
				hash_media = self.api.tag_recent_media(count=amount, max_id=last_photoid, tag_name=keyword[1])
			url=hash_media[1]
			response = urllib2.urlopen(url)
			html = response.read()
			dct=json.loads(html)
			for image in dct['data']:
                                url= image['images']['standard_resolution']['url']
                                print url
			return dct
				
		else:
			print "Error, you have to provide either an @username or an #hashtag"