java - How to obtain Pinterest V3 API-KEY or access_token

Question

I am trying to fetch Pinterest data, which would be the public info of the user(follower count etc), and all pins for a user.

I know the v3 API are up now and v2 apis have been taken down.

I found this link which gives me end points for exactly what I want:

http://techslides.com/most-repinned-pinterest-pins-by-website/

But I am unable to get an access_token. I have asked pinterest for api access but they have not replied. And I am unable to sniff app data too.

I also tried Pinterest's signature tester tool which is on their website but no luck. The link it generates doesn't work either. It returns a authorization failure.

https://developers.pinterest.com/tools/signature/

I have access to APP-ID and Client-Secret. I need to know how can I get an access token/ API-KEY to get the following work fine for me:

https://api.pinterest.com/v3/users/jessicamalba/?access_token=APIKEY

EDIT

Before I am told that is an duplicate of

How to get access token for access Pinterest Api

I would just say that it is not. This question was asked one year ago and was asked in respect to V2 api. Which now return a 404 status. So now here I am asking about the V3 api.

Answer 1

Okay, so as of today, following are the parts of the api that are public and used by widgets.

Public parts of API (used by widgets) Retrieving the pins on a particular board:

GET http://widgets.pinterest.com/v3/pidgets/boards/eecolor/test/pins/
GET http://api.pinterest.com/v3/pidgets/boards/eecolor/test/pins/

Retrieving the pins of a particular user:

GET http://widgets.pinterest.com/v3/pidgets/users/eecolor/pins/

Retrieving the information of (a) particular pin(s):

GET http://widgets.pinterest.com/v3/pidgets/pins/info/?pin_ids=521150988102375972
GET http://widgets.pinterest.com/v3/pidgets/pins/info/?pin_ids=521150988102375972,10133167885969245

Count the number of pins:

http://widgets.pinterest.com/v1/urls/count.json?url={urlEncodedLink} http://widgets.pinterest.com/v1/urls/count.json?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fssass%2F3436030086%2F

Note that the link is returned in the other API responses

You can use ?callback=myJsFunction to use JSONP

GET http://widgets.pinterest.com/v3/pidgets/boards/eecolor/test/pins/?callback=myJsFunction

You can use api instead of widgets and also https

GET http://api.pinterest.com/v3/pidgets/boards/eecolor/test/pins/
GET https://api.pinterest.com/v3/pidgets/boards/eecolor/test/pins/