'Failed instagram request: Request failed with status code 401'

[Pawarna]

Hi team,

I'm encountering an issue with the instagram-url-direct module. It works perfectly fine on my local development environment, but when I deploy my application to a VPS running Ubuntu 22.04, I get the following error:

Failed instagram request: Request failed with status code 401

Here's a summary of the issue:

• Problem: The instagram-url-direct module fails to fetch Instagram data on a VPS with Ubuntu 22.04.
• Error Message: Failed instagram request: Request failed with status code 401
• Environment:
  • Local: Works as expected.
  • VPS: Ubuntu 22.04 (Error occurs)

I would appreciate any help in resolving this issue. Please let me know if you need any further information.

Thank you!

[victorsouzaleal]

Honestly I have no idea what happens on VPS that prevents it from working, this also happens with some other packages like ytdl-core.

I'll leave the issue open in case anyone with more experience knows why this happens.

[burstw0w]

Which VPS provider? @Pawarna

I had many issues with hetzner, instagram probably just blocks their IP range.
I had much better luck with linode, which is more expensive, but if you are writing good code you can fit inside their cheapest 5$ option.