Can Instagram restrict access to certain API functions for mobile only and make them unavailable in the web?

[GildedHonour]

Can it be that Instagram restricts access to certain API methods based on the plathorm: web or mobile? That is, even if I log in into my account via browser normally and then call some API method via DevTools of the browser, and such a method is not present in the web version via some sort of a button, it'll return an error.

For instance, api/live/create. Theoretically it may very well be, but has it confirmed by someone?

I've confirmed it for myself, but indirectly.

[adw0rd]

@GildedHonour I don't really understand what you are suggesting, but you can log in with a browser and copy the sessionid cookie. After that, through instagrapi (cl.login_by_sessiond) call any endpoints from the Instagram mobile API.

If this is not so, then tell me which specific endpoints do not work?

[adw0rd]

I've already mentioned an end point.

i don't know such an endpoint api/live/create, please send full address with host and data for POST/GET request so i can try to reproduce

[GildedHonour]

POST at https://i.instagram.com/api/v1/live/create/

It should work even without any data.

[GildedHonour]

I mean, in the browser.

Because it does work in other, NodeJs, library with no issue. But not in the browser.

Or, at least, if you can pass a session from the browser over to your library and make a call from it - this would be at least something

[GildedHonour]

@adw0rd have you been able to sucessfully call the method?

[adw0rd]

@GildedHonour no :-(