# Instagram Login? Possible/Done?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/instagram-login-possible-done/111137>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [March 9, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instagram-login-possible-done/111137 "2019-03-09T02:13:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instagram-login-possible-done/111137/4 "2019-03-11T00:33:57Z")

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> [@Hanzo1](#):
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> I don’t think a plugin is necessary, is it? Do I have to do this using Custom OAuth2?

It is and yes. Instagram doesn’t send back an email address via the API so Discourse has nothing to key on. You’re starting from scratch here, I’m afraid.

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