Instagram API Made Simple | Feedframer

What inspired you to build this? What problem were you trying to solve? I got burned by a competitor that charged based on traffic. One client's site went semi-viral, and their $15/month Instagram widget suddenly became a $180/month bill because of "pageviews." I realized the widget model was fundamentally broken for developers—you don't control your client's traffic spikes. Meanwhile, I was spending 10+ hours per project rebuilding the same Instagram OAuth flow because I needed raw JSON data, not a pre-styled widget. I wanted full control over the HTML/CSS but didn't want to manage Instagram's 60-day token expiration nightmare. How did your approach evolve? I built Feedframer as an API-first solution with one rule: unlimited requests, flat pricing. Whether your site gets 100 visitors or 100,000, you pay the same $5/month. No surprise bills. The key insight was that developers don't need widgets—they need clean JSON data and the freedom to build their own UI. So I focused on: REST API with JSON:API spec (easy to parse) GraphQL for querying exactly what you need RSS for email automation (bonus for marketers) I kept it dead simple: connect Instagram once, copy your API key, make HTTP requests. No pageview tracking, no traffic tiers, no widget iframe nonsense. Just affordable access to your own Instagram data in JSON format.