Follow a user

PUT /profiles/{username}/follow

Token

Follow a user by username

Path parameters

username string Required

Username of the profile you want to follow

Responses

200 application/json

OK
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- profile object Required
  
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  username string Required
  
  bio string Required
  
  image string Required
  
  following boolean Required
401

Unauthorized
422 application/json

Unexpected error
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- errors object Required
  
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  body array[string] Required

PUT /profiles/{username}/follow

curl \
 --request PUT '/api/profiles/{username}/follow' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Response examples (200)

{
  "profile": {
    "bio": "I work at State Farm.",
    "image": "https://api.realworld.io/images/smiley-cyrus.jpg",
    "username": "jake",
    "following": false
  }
}

Response examples (422)

{
  "errors": {
    "body": [
      "string"
    ]
  }
}