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Thanks for this. I checked the strategy against the current Instagram content publishing docs (developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-platform/content-publishing and the IG User /media reference). I also ran the PR head locally: all 21 tests pass and ESLint is clean. The main problems are functional, not stylistic.
Main findings, by severity
- Unusable without custom code. Instagram only accepts an
image_urlit can fetch from a public server, which the PR correctly recognizes. But with nouploadImageFn, every post throws. The CLI and MCP server have no way to supply a function, so this strategy can never succeed from either one. getUrlFromResponse()returns a dead link.https://www.instagram.com/p/{mediaId}uses the numeric media ID, not a shortcode. The client returns it asurland the CLI prints it. The real URL is thepermalinkfield onGET /{media-id}.- No container status check before
media_publish. The docs describe checkingstatus_code(FINISHED/IN_PROGRESS/ERROR/EXPIRED) before publishing. Publishing too early fails with "media not ready" (code 9007). - Pinned API version expires soon.
v21.0is hardcoded twice. Per the Graph API changelog it is available until January 21, 2027, about four months away. - Wrong docs and limits. The auth steps reference the Instagram Basic Display API, which Meta shut down on Dec 4, 2024 and which never supported publishing. Instagram image posts are JPEG-only, not JPEG/PNG. The publishing limit is 100 API-published posts per rolling 24 hours, not "200 requests/hour".
- Tests never hit the API.
nockis imported but no request is ever mocked. Container creation, publish, API errors and abort handling have zero coverage.
Missing wiring (compared with how other strategies are integrated on main): no --instagram flag or INSTAGRAM_* env vars in src/bin.js. That means the MCP server, which gets its strategies from bin.js, can't use it either. There are also no README updates: the strategy list, usage example, CLI usage, env var list, or a setup section.
Mergeability: GitHub reports MERGEABLE/CLEAN, but the branch is 34 commits behind main (base bbcd3a4) and no CI checks have ever run on it. prettier --check also flags both new files. It needs a rebase and a CI run before it could land.
Overlap with #175: #175 ("Add Instagram posting strategy") implements the same feature, and one of the two should be closed.
- #175 is the stronger base overall:
- It is built on current
main. - It wires up
bin.jsand the README. - It puts the API version in an
API_BASEconstant. - It fetches the real
permalinkfor the post URL. - Its mentoss-based tests cover the happy path, API errors and abort.
- It is built on current
- #175 has its own gaps:
- Its core container call is wrong. It uploads raw bytes as a multipart
imagefield, which the Graph API doesn't accept (it needsimage_url), so it would fail against the real API. Its tests pass only because the mocks accept it. - It also skips status polling, pins
v21.0, and sends the access token in a query string for the permalink request. - Its
getUrlFromResponse()throws whenpermalinkis missing, andClient#post()calls that outsidePromise.allSettled, so a single missing permalink would reject the whole client call.
- Its core container call is wrong. It uploads raw bytes as a multipart
- Suggestion: close this PR and fold the good parts of it into #175: the public-URL requirement (an upload hook or image URL option), JPEG validation, and status polling.
| // In a real implementation, you would upload the image to a CDN or file hosting service | ||
| // and return the public URL. For this example, we'll throw an error to indicate | ||
| // this step needs to be implemented by the user. | ||
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This is the default path for every post, so without a custom uploadImageFn the strategy always fails. The CLI (--image) and the MCP server can only supply image bytes, not a function, so Instagram could never succeed from either one. The message also says to "provide the URL directly", but there's no option for that.
Possible fixes:
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ImageEmbed/post options carry a public URL, or add a strategy-level option such as an image host/uploader configured through env vars, so the CLI and MCP paths are usable. - At minimum, throw a
TypeErrorin the constructor when no uploader is configured, rather than failing on everypost().
The test at L119 locks in the always-fail behavior and would need to change too.
| * @typedef {Object} InstagramOptions | ||
| * @property {string} accessToken The access token for the Instagram Graph API. | ||
| * @property {string} instagramAccountId The Instagram Business Account ID. | ||
| * @property {(image: import("../types.js").ImageEmbed, accessToken: string, signal?: AbortSignal) => Promise<string>} [uploadImageFn] Custom function to upload images and return public URLs. If not provided, will throw an error requiring manual upload. |
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Two issues with uploadImageFn:
- The strategy passes the Instagram access token to it. A CDN/S3 upload function has no use for that token, and handing it to arbitrary user code needlessly widens where the credential can leak. Suggest the signature
(image, signal) => Promise<string>. - The constructor doesn't validate the option. Other strategies throw a
TypeErrorfor bad options, soif (uploadImageFn !== undefined && typeof uploadImageFn !== "function")should throw one here as well.
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This publishes as soon as the container is created. The content publishing docs say to check the container with GET /{container-id}?fields=status_code and publish only once it's FINISHED. Publishing earlier can fail with error 9007 ("media not ready"). ERROR/EXPIRED should become a clear thrown error.
Suggest a small polling loop with a delay and a max attempt count, calling signal?.throwIfAborted() between attempts and passing signal to each fetch.
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| const url = `https://graph.facebook.com/v21.0/${instagramAccountId}/media`; |
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The version is hardcoded here and again on L268. Per the Graph API changelog, v21.0 is only available until January 21, 2027. The current docs use v25.0, and v26.0 shipped July 2026.
Suggest pulling this into a module-level API_BASE constant, as telegram.js does, and bumping to a current version so it's a one-line change next time.
Also worth documenting which token type is expected: tokens from Instagram Login go to graph.instagram.com, and Facebook Login tokens go to graph.facebook.com.
| const body = new URLSearchParams({ | ||
| image_url: imageUrl, | ||
| caption: caption, | ||
| access_token: accessToken, |
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Sending the token in the POST body is better than a query string. Still, the current Instagram docs use an Authorization: Bearer <token> header, and the Mastodon and LinkedIn strategies send tokens the same way. A header also keeps the token out of any request-body logging. Same applies to #publishMediaContainer (L271) and to the status and permalink GETs suggested above, so the token never ends up in a URL.
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| * **Limitations:** | ||
| * - Only supports Instagram Business accounts | ||
| * - Images must be JPEG or PNG format |
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Per the IG User /media reference, image containers are JPEG only ("Extended JPEG formats such as MPO and JPS are not supported"). PNG isn't accepted. Since getImageMimeType() already exists in src/util/images.js, consider rejecting non-JPEG image.data up front with a clear TypeError. Otherwise a PNG gets uploaded to the user's host and only fails later at container creation. The test fixtures here use smiley.png, which is the case this would catch.
| * - Images must be at least 320px and at most 8192px on any side | ||
| * - Aspect ratio must be between 4:5 and 1.91:1 | ||
| * - File size must be under 8MB for images | ||
| * - Rate limits: 200 requests per hour per user |
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The documented publishing limit is "100 API-published posts within a 24-hour moving period" (carousels count as one), not 200 requests/hour. The caption limits are also worth listing: 2200 characters, 30 hashtags, 20 @ tags.
| * **Authentication:** | ||
| * Requires OAuth 2.0 authentication flow: | ||
| * 1. Register Facebook App at https://developers.facebook.com/apps/ | ||
| * 2. Add Instagram Basic Display product |
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Meta shut down the Instagram Basic Display API on December 4, 2024, and it never supported publishing. These steps should describe "Instagram API with Instagram Login" (permission instagram_business_content_publish) or "Instagram API with Facebook Login" (instagram_content_publish, account linked to a Facebook Page). They should also say which one this strategy targets, since that decides the host (see the L227 comment).
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| import { InstagramStrategy } from "../../src/strategies/instagram.js"; | ||
| import nock from "nock"; |
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nock is imported, but no request is ever mocked (the only use is nock.cleanAll()). As a result, none of the 21 tests exercise container creation or publishing: the happy path and the API calls have no coverage. Most strategy tests in this repo use mentoss (MockServer/FetchMocker, e.g. mastodon.test.js). Suggested cases:
- A successful post with a stubbed
uploadImageFn, asserting theimage_url,captionandcreation_idsent. - Error responses from
/mediaand/media_publish. - The status polling states.
- The permalink lookup.
- Abort via
signal, including thatsignalis forwarded touploadImageFn.
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The export is here, but the rest of the wiring other strategies get is missing:
src/bin.js: an--instagramflag, its entry in the help text and the "no strategy selected" check, and anew InstagramStrategy({ ... env.require("INSTAGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN") ... })block. The MCP server gets its strategies frombin.js, so without this the MCP server can't use Instagram either.README.md: the strategy list, usage example, CLI usage, env var list, and a setup section explaining the business/creator account and public image URL requirements.
This PR implements a comprehensive Instagram strategy for posting content to Instagram via the Instagram Graph API, addressing all requirements specified in the issue.
🎯 Key Features
Instagram Graph API Integration
Technical Implementation
id,name,post(),getUrlFromResponse(),MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH, andcalculateMessageLength()Error Handling & Validation
📋 API Documentation & Requirements
The implementation includes extensive documentation covering:
🔧 Usage Example
🧪 Testing
📝 Important Notes
uploadImageFnto upload images to a publicly accessible URL (CDN, S3, etc.) as Instagram requires public URLsFixes #116.
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