User follow and unfollow API

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You can follow and unfollow a user by using the REST API. You can also get the details of who a user is following, and who is following them.

Follow a user

Follow a user.

POST /users/:id/follow

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of the user to follow

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/users/3/follow"

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "name": "John Smith",
  "state": "active",
  "locked": false,
  "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/cd8.jpeg",
  "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/john_smith"
}

Unfollow a user

Unfollow a user.

POST /users/:id/unfollow

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of the user to unfollow

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/users/3/unfollow"

Get the followers of a user

Get the followers of a user.

GET /users/:id/followers

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of the user

Example request:

curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>"  "https://gitlab.example.com/users/3/followers"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Lennie Donnelly",
    "username": "evette.kilback",
    "state": "active",
    "locked": false,
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7955171a55ac4997ed81e5976287890a?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://127.0.0.1:3000/evette.kilback"
  },
  {
    "id": 4,
    "name": "Serena Bradtke",
    "username": "cammy",
    "state": "active",
    "locked": false,
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a2daad869a7b60d3090b7b9bef4baf57?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://127.0.0.1:3000/cammy"
  }
]

Get the users that a user is following

Get the list of users being followed by a user.

GET /users/:id/following

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of the user

Example request:

curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>"  "https://gitlab.example.com/users/3/following"