API Tags endpoint error - min_id is not a valid cursor for this tag

Question

Since a few days ago we've been getting an error response from Instagram API - it complains that we are using an invalid cursor 'min_id' when accessing the Tags endpoint.

Thing is we don't use 'min_id'. We use 'min_tag_id', which according to the documentation (deprecated & current) is a valid cursor for this endpoint.

Doing some research I see that some people have been getting unexpected errors too (though different ones) around this week.

Example API request (plug an access token and paste in a browser to see for yourselves):

https://api.instagram.com/v1/tags/nofilter/media/recent?access_token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>&min_tag_id=AQCvuinNA31T_hoSa-RaCsQigBknfYaBv2_VcCn1kp4MX5whyr7v7AfpOzio8E4lcQ9TZIKZbN_ZAqEmuzmslq8qMmFTQF-1ocNntqDIjlN4va4GxocNeBxmo29nXEOjKIRVvce5PuvoXk3MY9nuNd6hbxFj7TW_FEWTWpdx9FNzEQ

And the response:

{"meta":{"error_type":"APIInvalidParametersError","code":400,"error_message":"min_id is not a valid cursor for this tag."}}

Any idea?

Answer 1

I got this response from Instagram when enquiring about invalid pagination tokens

"Thanks for the report. We are aware of this issue and it happens when pictures are un-tagged (e.g. The comment with the tag is deleted). We are working on a fix but I don’t have an eta to share at the moment."