React-native-share: How to make Instagram post to feed?

Created on 5 Sep 2019 · 3Comments · Source: react-native-share/react-native-share

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I'm trying to post to Instagram, but I can't make it work properly on either platform.

Here's my call:

Share.shareSingle({
    url: 'https://myserver.url',
    social: Share.Social.INSTAGRAM,
})

What happens on iOS

Device: iPhone 6S, iOS 12.2

It opens AppStore.

What happens on Android

Device: Sony Xperia Z5 Compact, Android 7.1.1

It opens the app, but in DMs.

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good first issue ios question

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fredrik-jarnbrost

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Ok, so I think I figured it out. Instagram needs image upload (NOTE: it needs to be jpeg as well!) so giving a remote link like I did above does not work.

I use https://github.com/joltup/rn-fetch-blob to download the file then I put the local path as the url (url: 'file://' + response.path()). Then it works.

fredrik-jarnbrost on 6 Sep 2019

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Did you tried sharing a url to see if this opens the feed?

MateusAndrade on 6 Sep 2019

Ok, so I think I figured it out. Instagram needs image upload (NOTE: it needs to be jpeg as well!) so giving a remote link like I did above does not work.

I use https://github.com/joltup/rn-fetch-blob to download the file then I put the local path as the url (url: 'file://' + response.path()). Then it works.

fredrik-jarnbrost on 6 Sep 2019

🎉4

That's great!