ig.user returns 404 error

[ilyanoskov]

here is my simple code and it returns 404 error. I can't understand why

 var express = require('express');                                                   
   var api = require('instagram-node').instagram();                                    
   var app = express();                                                                
                                                                                       
   var insta = 'http://instagram.com';                                                 
   var username = process.argv[2];                                                     
   var url = insta + '/' + username;                                                   
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
  api.use({ access_token: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'  });   
  api.use({ client_id: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx',                            
           client_secret: 'xxxxxxxxxxx' });                      
                                                                                      
                                                                                      
  api.user(username, function(err, result, remaining, limit) {                        
      if (err) {                                                                      
          console.log('there was an error ' + err.status_code);                       
      }                                                                               
     else console.log(result);                                                       
  });                  

[statefull]

The API is out of date and it seems is not longer maintained. I'm going to fork it and start the update to be compliant with the new instagram API.

[ilyanoskov]

@statefull I am trying to write a simple console script that would authenticate and print basic user info.
However, I do not want to do it in browser and try to figure out how to do so in console. Do you think there is a way? How can I get access token without any user interaction? Sorry to bother you with questions like this but I don't have anybody to ask, may be you know