Follows
Follow User
Causes the authenticated user to follow a specific User by their ID.
POST
/
2
/
users
/
{id}
/
following
Follow User
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.x.com/2/users/{id}/following \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"target_user_id": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.x.com/2/users/{id}/following"
payload = { "target_user_id": "<string>" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({target_user_id: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.x.com/2/users/{id}/following', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.x.com/2/users/{id}/following",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'target_user_id' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.x.com/2/users/{id}/following"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"target_user_id\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.x.com/2/users/{id}/following")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"target_user_id\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/users/{id}/following")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"target_user_id\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"following": true,
"pending_follow": true
},
"errors": [
{
"detail": "<string>",
"resource_type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"type": "https://api.x.com/2/problems/resource-not-found",
"parameter": "<string>",
"resource_id": "<string>",
"status": 123,
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}Authorizations
OAuth2UserTokenUserToken
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Follow User
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.x.com/2/users/{id}/following \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"target_user_id": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.x.com/2/users/{id}/following"
payload = { "target_user_id": "<string>" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({target_user_id: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.x.com/2/users/{id}/following', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.x.com/2/users/{id}/following",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'target_user_id' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.x.com/2/users/{id}/following"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"target_user_id\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.x.com/2/users/{id}/following")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"target_user_id\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/users/{id}/following")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"target_user_id\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"following": true,
"pending_follow": true
},
"errors": [
{
"detail": "<string>",
"resource_type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"type": "https://api.x.com/2/problems/resource-not-found",
"parameter": "<string>",
"resource_id": "<string>",
"status": 123,
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}