Instagram returning HTML instead of JSON

[davidwkaiser]

When I run the app ,whether from my code base or from a clone, the app fails to authenticate at IG, giving this error:

{ SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0
at Object.parse (native)
at IncomingMessage. (/Users/test/Desktop/simple_node_app/node_modules/instagram-node/lib/instagram.js:192:27)
at emitNone (events.js:91:20)
at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:185:7)
at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:974:12)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:80:11)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:104:9)
retry: [Function: retry],
status_code: 404,
etc, etc...

I tested the token with an API call from the browser, it works when it is standalone, but the server.js file keeps throwing this error. It does not matter whether I use client_id and client_secret or not. I also tried using a variety of different API calls, just in case the paths had changed, no effect. I have been banging my head on this for a while, my gut feel is that it's something to do with versions, but I haven't found it yet.

Here are my versions:

"dependencies": {
"ejs": "^2.5.6",
"express": "^4.15.2",
"instagram-node": "^0.5.8"
},

[davidwkaiser]

OK, I've been working this some more. The problem seems to be that IG is returning an HTML file, not a JSON object.

When I use this URL, I get JSON in return:
https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/self/media/recent/?access_token=12345

but when the server makes a call using the instagram-node library, I get an HTML file, which yields the above error

[valentimmx]

@davidwkaiser did you find a way to solve this issue?

I'm taking too..

[davidwkaiser]

I have not