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update token services list, rm instatokend, restore changelog
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# Changelog

__2.1.0__

- Move documentation to [instafeedjs.com](https://instafeedjs.com)
- Add instatokend.go daemon for managing access tokens with CI/CD

__2.0.0__

Official v2 release 🎉
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Instafeed.js requires an access token to be able to fetch images from Instagram and this token must be kept fresh because it expires after 60 days.

There are currently 3 available options for keeping access tokens valid:
You can use one of the following methods to manage your access tokens:

- [instatokend](#instatokend)
- [instatoken-refreshers](#instatoken-refreshers)
- [Instant-tokens.com](#instant-tokenscom)

## History
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These long-lived access tokens did come with a caveat, which is that it would require _some_ amount of server-side code to keep the tokens refreshed past their 60-day lifetime.

## instatokend
## instatoken-refreshers

Instagram Token Daemon is a Golang powered daemon that can manage multiple Instagram accounts and keep their tokens up-to-date with custom refresh times and the option to manually refresh tokens.
[Instatoken Refreshers](https://github.com/jasper-clarke/instatoken-refreshers) is a collection of tools that can be used to manage your Instagram access tokens.

1. [instatokend](#instatokend)
2. instatoken-ga

### instatokend

[Instagram Token Daemon](https://github.com/jasper-clarke/instatoken-refreshers/tree/instatokend) is a Golang powered daemon that can manage multiple Instagram accounts and keep their tokens up-to-date with custom refresh times and the option to manually refresh tokens.

Pros:

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### instatoken-ga

[Instatoken GA](https://github.com/jasper-clarke/instatoken-refreshers/tree/instatoken-ga) is a GitHub Action that can be used to automatically refresh your Instagram access tokens.

Pros:

- Open Source
- Deployed and Managed on GitHub

## Instant-tokens.com

[Instant-tokens.com](https://www.instant-tokens.com) is a website that generates & refreshes Instagram access tokens. It is provided for free by [Coding Badger](https://codingbadger.com), and is easy to integrate with Instafeed.js.
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