Aaron Parecki

#ownyourgram

If you've noticed https://OwnYourGram.com has been not working well lately, that's because Instagram is aggressively rate limiting certain requests.

I just updated it so that you can give it the URL of an individual photo and it will import it for you. Importing individual photos avoids a lot of the rate limiting issues so should work a lot better now.

If you've been missing some of your latest photos, feel free to log in and manually import them now!

Portland, Oregon • 59°F

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Sun, Oct 13, 2019 12:53pm -07:00 #ownyourgram #instagram #indieweb
OwnYourGram Updates

Just pushed a few changes to OwnYourGram this morning! Here's what changed:
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Mon, Feb 5, 2018 10:12am -08:00 #ownyourgram #indieweb #changelog
Een lokaal Instagram archief. Indieweb style. (diggingthedigital.com)

Fri, Dec 29, 2017 7:49am -08:00 #indieweb #ownyourgram #micropub
Multi-Photo Support in OwnYourGram

After far too long, I finally launched support for importing multi-photos from Instagram via OwnYourGram!
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Sat, Sep 23, 2017 1:29pm -07:00 #ownyourgram #instagram #indieweb #microblog
Just deployed a fix for OwnYourGram! Instagram changed their JSON format on the 18th, and so no photos were imported since then. Your photos from the 18th and onward will be imported still. #silolife

Portland, Oregon

Fri, Apr 21, 2017 7:58am -07:00 #ownyourgram #silolife
Day 84: Sending h-card Locations in OwnYourGram #100DaysOfIndieWeb

Today I added an option to OwnYourGram to opt in to receiving an h-card as the location property instead of a geo:// URI. On the dashboard, there is a setting to toggle between receiving a geo:// URI with file uploads, and an h-card location with a reference to the Instagram photo URL.
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Tue, Mar 14, 2017 3:19pm -07:00 #100daysofindieweb #micropub #ownyourgram
Week in Review #100DaysOfIndieWeb

aaronparecki.comDay 11: I dropped the web font in favor of a handful of system fonts for various platforms.Day 13: I added support for drawing curved maps lines to Atlas, which I use to generate the maps on my site. Now my travel plans show a nice line for each flight leg.Day 16: I improved the display of comments on my posts, including displaying some basic HTML formatting from comments, autolinking comment text, and showing images.
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Fri, Jan 6, 2017 11:39am -08:00 #100daysofindieweb #indieweb #quill #p3k #ownyourgram #alexa #teacup
Day 12: Whitelist and Blacklist for OwnYourGram import #100DaysOfIndieWeb

Today I added some additional settings to OwnYourGram. You can now configure a whitelist and/or blacklist of keywords to control which of your Instagram posts are imported to your website.
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Sun, Jan 1, 2017 9:28am -08:00 #ownyourgram #indieweb #100daysofindieweb
Day 6: Polling tiers for OwnYourGram #100DaysOfIndieWeb

Previously, OwnYourGram would check all users' Instagram feeds once an hour. I changed it to have four polling tiers, and the interval for the top tier is every 15 minutes now. This means people who post lots of photos will now see their photos on their site sooner, and because of the tiered approach, I won't be wasting resources on feeds that post infrequently.The four tiers are:Every 15 minutes (on the 0, 15, 30 and 45 minute mark) - 11 usersEvery hour (5 minutes after the hour) - 12 usersEvery 6 hours (at 00:10, 06:10, 12:10, 18:10 UTC) - 11 usersOnce a day (at 01:10 UTC) - 38 usersUsers are sorted into tiers based on the number of photos posted in the last 14 days. The more you post, the more often OwnYourGram checks your feed! If your Micropub endpoint returns an error, then you're bumped down a tier. If you're at the lowest tier and there's an error, then polling will be disabled completely until you log back in.Thanks to snarfed for suggesting the tiered approach!
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Mon, Dec 26, 2016 10:36am -08:00 #ownyourgram #100daysofindieweb #indieweb
Day 5: Posting old photos from OwnYourGram #100DaysOfIndieWeb

I finished two updates to OwnYourGram today.There is a new page when you log in where you can see a list of your 20 most recent photos on Instagram, check whether they've been posted to your website already, and re-post any if you need to!
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Sun, Dec 25, 2016 10:24am -08:00 #100daysofindieweb #indieweb #ownyourgram
Day 1: Automatic Syndication for OwnYourGram #100DaysOfIndieWeb

Since I am also doing #100DaysOfMusic, and posting those songs as video clips on Instagram, I wanted a way to automatically push them to Facebook as well.
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Wed, Dec 21, 2016 5:32pm -08:00 #100daysofindieweb #100days #ownyourgram #indieweb
Now accepting new users on OwnYourGram again!

OwnYourGram has been pretty stable since the major refactor this summer, so I just enabled new user registration again! Once you log in with IndieAuth and verify your Instagram account, you'll be able to run a test post to test that your Micropub endpoint accepts photos, and then it will enable your account. I also improved the documentation and text in the interface.

Have fun!

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Sun, Dec 18, 2016 7:00pm -08:00 #ownyourgram #indieweb
Hoping this post-by-SMS feature of #ownyourgram works now! #indieweb

Fri, Jul 24, 2015 9:15am -07:00 #ownyourgram #indieweb
http://notenoughneon.com/2014/8/28/1

@notenoughneon I need to update OwnYourGram to also send video files. Right now it just sends the cover frame of the video as a photo post! Issue opened on Github! https://github.com/aaronpk/OwnYourGram/issues/4

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Tue, Sep 2, 2014 3:26pm -07:00 #ownyourgram
http://notenoughneon.com/p/201404302319

@notenoughneon.com Congrats!! Nice work! #ownyourgram

Portland, Oregon, USA

Wed, Apr 30, 2014 11:36pm -07:00 #ownyourgram

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