Follow User

POST

/2/users/{id}/following

Users

Causes the user(in the path) to follow, or “request to follow” for protected users, the target user. The user(in the path) must match the user context authorizing the request

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.twitter.com/2/users//following' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw ''

Response Example

200 - Example 1

{
  "data": {
    "following": true,
    "pending_follow": true
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "string",
      "title": "string",
      "status": 0,
      "type": "about:blank"
    }
  ]
}

Request

Path Params

string

required

The ID of the user that is requesting to follow the target user

Body Params application/json

target_user_id

string

required

Match pattern:

^[0-9]{1,19}$

Examples

Responses

🟢200The request was successful

application/json

Body

data

object

optional

following

boolean

optional

pending_follow

boolean

optional

errors

array[null (Problem) {17}]

optional

>= 1 items

object

GenericProblem

optional

A generic problem with no additional information beyond that provided by the HTTP status code.

object

InvalidRequestProblem

optional

A problem that indicates this request is invalid.

object

ClientForbiddenProblem

optional

A problem that indicates your client is forbidden from making this request.

object

ResourceNotFoundProblem

optional

A problem that indicates that a given Tweet, User, etc. does not exist.

object

ResourceUnavailableProblem

optional

A problem that indicates a particular Tweet, User, etc. is not available to you.

object

ResourceUnauthorizedProblem

optional

A problem that indicates you are not allowed to see a particular Tweet, User, etc.

object

FieldUnauthorizedProblem

optional

A problem that indicates that you are not allowed to see a particular field on a Tweet, User, etc.

object

DisallowedResourceProblem

optional

A problem that indicates that the resource requested violates the precepts of this API.

object

UnsupportedAuthenticationProblem

optional

A problem that indicates that the authentication used is not supported.

object

UsageCapExceededProblem

optional

A problem that indicates that a usage cap has been exceeded.

object

ConnectionExceptionProblem

optional

A problem that indicates something is wrong with the connection

object

ClientDisconnectedProblem

optional

Your client has gone away.

object

OperationalDisconnectProblem

optional

You have been disconnected for operational reasons.

object

RulesCapProblem

optional

You have exceeded the maximum number of rules.

object

InvalidRuleProblem

optional

The rule you have submitted is invalid.

object

DuplicateRuleProblem

optional

The rule you have submitted is a duplicate.

object

ConflictProblem

optional

You cannot create a new job if one is already in progress.

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Modified at 2022-09-10 21:25:17

Following by User ID

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