Follow a user

PUT /user/following/{username}

Copy endpoint

https://api.github.com

Note that you'll need to set Content-Length to zero when calling out to this endpoint. For more information, see "HTTP verbs."

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the user:follow scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

path Path Parameters

Name	Type
`username` required The handle for the GitHub user account.	string

Responses

204

Response

unknown

Redirects

304

Not modified

unknown

Client Errors

401 application/json

Requires authentication

interface BasicError {
message?: string;
documentation_url?: string;
url?: string;
status?: string;
}

403 application/json

Forbidden

interface BasicError {
message?: string;
documentation_url?: string;
url?: string;
status?: string;
}

404 application/json

Resource not found

interface BasicError {
message?: string;
documentation_url?: string;
url?: string;
status?: string;
}

422 application/json

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

interface ValidationError {
message: string;
documentation_url: string;
errors?: {
resource?: string;
field?: string;
message?: string;
code: string;
index?: number;
value?: string[] | string | number | null;
}[];
}