title: In the Instagram API how to access basic user information for 'Private Users'?
body: <p>I don't really understand why instagram api prohibits access to information public in 'private users' (#counts, #username,#profile picture)</p>
  
  <p>This works well for public users but for private users returns:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>{   "meta":   {
          "code":400,
          "error_message":"you cannot view this resource",
          "error_type":"APINotAllowedError"   }
    }</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>help!
  thanks</p>