Authorization in instagram, knowing the password?

Question

PHP

You need to get a photo of the user who has restricted access to his account. I do not have access to the API, because I do not know the access token, hence the question is whether it is possible to get an access token, knowing the password from the account?
How can we assume this is implemented in instamats? I didn’t see it personally, but the search brought me to the video interfaces, where the user simply enters the password and immediately transfers it to the page with photos.

Answer 1

it is impossible to get an access token knowing the password from the user's account, because it is issued for the API (with its own type of logins - api-key and api-token passwords)
BUT knowing the password of the account, you can emulate the user's behavior through curl.