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    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    http := chilkat.NewHttp()
    var success bool

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
    http.SetAuthToken("<access_token>")

    sbResponseBody := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    success = http.QuickGetSb("https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/users/:USER_ID/following",sbResponseBody)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        sbResponseBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    jResp := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
    jResp.SetEmitCompact(false)

    fmt.Println("Response Body:")
    fmt.Println(*jResp.Emit())

    respStatusCode := http.LastStatus()
    fmt.Println("Response Status Code = ", respStatusCode)
    if respStatusCode >= 400 {
        fmt.Println("Response Header:")
        fmt.Println(http.LastHeader())
        fmt.Println("Failed.")
        http.DisposeHttp()
        sbResponseBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
        jResp.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    // Sample JSON response:
    // (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

    // {
    //   "currentPageUrl": "/services/data/v58.0/chatter/users/0052o00000DKQasAAH/following",
    //   "following": [
    //   ],
    //   "nextPageUrl": null,
    //   "previousPageUrl": null,
    //   "total": 0
    // }

    // Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code

    currentPageUrl := jResp.StringOf("currentPageUrl")
    nextPageUrl := jResp.StringOf("nextPageUrl")
    previousPageUrl := jResp.StringOf("previousPageUrl")
    total := jResp.IntOf("total")
    i := 0
    count_i := jResp.SizeOfArray("following")
    for i < count_i {
        jResp.SetI(i)
        i = i + 1
    }


    http.DisposeHttp()
    sbResponseBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
    jResp.DisposeJsonObject()

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/users/:USER_ID/following

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Following",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "prerequest",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    },
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "protocolProfileBehavior": {
    "disabledSystemHeaders": {}
  },
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/users/:USER_ID/following",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "chatter",
        "users",
        ":USER_ID",
        "following"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "filterType",
          "value": "",
          "description": "Specifies the key prefix to filter the type of objects returned. The key prefix is the three-character prefix code in the object ID. Object IDs are prefixed with three-character codes that specify the type of the object. For example, User objects have a prefix of 005 and Group objects have a prefix of 0F9.",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "page",
          "value": "",
          "description": "Specifies the page number to return. The default value is 0, which returns the first page.",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "pageSize",
          "value": "",
          "description": "Specifies the number of items per page. Valid values are between 1 and 1000. If you don't specify a size, the default is 25.\n",
          "disabled": true
        }
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "USER_ID",
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Returns a list of people, groups, records, topics, and files that the specified user is following. Also used to follow records.\n\nhttps://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/connect_resources_users_FollowingUsers.htm?search_text=following"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Successful Following",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/users/:USER_ID/following",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "chatter",
            "users",
            ":USER_ID",
            "following"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "filterType",
              "value": "",
              "description": "Specifies the key prefix to filter the type of objects returned. The key prefix is the three-character prefix code in the object ID. Object IDs are prefixed with three-character codes that specify the type of the object. For example, User objects have a prefix of 005 and Group objects have a prefix of 0F9.",
              "disabled": true
            },
            {
              "key": "page",
              "value": "",
              "description": "Specifies the page number to return. The default value is 0, which returns the first page.",
              "disabled": true
            },
            {
              "key": "pageSize",
              "value": "",
              "description": "Specifies the number of items per page. Valid values are between 1 and 1000. If you don't specify a size, the default is 25.\n",
              "disabled": true
            }
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "USER_ID",
              "value": "0052o00000DKQasAAH"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 20 Nov 2023 16:25:01 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Robots-Tag",
          "value": "none"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache,must-revalidate,max-age=0,no-store,private"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=UTF-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Vary",
          "value": "Accept-Encoding"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Encoding",
          "value": "gzip"
        },
        {
          "key": "Transfer-Encoding",
          "value": "chunked"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"currentPageUrl\": \"/services/data/v58.0/chatter/users/0052o00000DKQasAAH/following\",\n    \"following\": [],\n    \"nextPageUrl\": null,\n    \"previousPageUrl\": null,\n    \"total\": 0\n}"
    }
  ]
}