Instagram · OAuth Scopes

Instagram OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 derived

Instagram publishes 7 OAuth 2.0 scopes via the authorizationCode flow. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the Instagram API on a user’s behalf.

Tokens are issued from https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token.

This index is generated from the provider’s OpenAPI security definitions (and, where available, its documented scope reference) and refreshes on every APIs.io network build. Browse every provider’s scopes at scopes.apis.io.

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Scopes: 7 Flows: authorizationCode Method: derived

OAuth endpoints

Authorization URL
https://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth

Token URL
https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token

Flows
authorizationCode

Scopes (7)

Scope	Description	Flows
instagram_basic	Read user profile and media.	authorizationCode
instagram_content_publish	Publish content on behalf of the user.	authorizationCode
instagram_manage_comments	Manage comments on media.	authorizationCode
instagram_manage_insights	Access insights and analytics.	authorizationCode
instagram_manage_messages	Manage Instagram Direct messages.	authorizationCode
pages_read_engagement	Read engagement data from pages.	authorizationCode
pages_show_list	Show list of pages managed by user.	authorizationCode

📄 Provider scope reference:

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/instagram-graph-api.yaml
schemes:
- name: oauth2
  source: openapi/instagram-graph-api.yaml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth
    tokenUrl: https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token
  description: OAuth 2.0 authentication via Instagram Login or Facebook Login.
scopes:
- scope: instagram_basic
  description: Read user profile and media.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/instagram-graph-api.yaml
- scope: instagram_content_publish
  description: Publish content on behalf of the user.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/instagram-graph-api.yaml
- scope: instagram_manage_comments
  description: Manage comments on media.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/instagram-graph-api.yaml
- scope: instagram_manage_insights
  description: Access insights and analytics.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/instagram-graph-api.yaml
- scope: instagram_manage_messages
  description: Manage Instagram Direct messages.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/instagram-graph-api.yaml
- scope: pages_read_engagement
  description: Read engagement data from pages.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/instagram-graph-api.yaml
- scope: pages_show_list
  description: Show list of pages managed by user.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/instagram-graph-api.yaml

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