Chilkat Online Tools

C / Twitter API v2 / Unfollow a user ID

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#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkHttp http;
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttpResponse resp;

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

    http = CkHttp_Create();

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
    CkHttp_putAuthToken(http,"<access_token>");

    resp = CkHttp_QuickRequest(http,"DELETE","https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:source_user_id/following/:target_user_id");
    if (CkHttp_getLastMethodSuccess(http) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        return;
    }

    printf("%d\n",CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp));
    printf("%s\n",CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));
    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);


    CkHttp_Dispose(http);

    }

Curl Command

curl -X DELETE
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:source_user_id/following/:target_user_id

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Unfollow a user ID",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "prerequest",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          "// This script extracts the ID of the authenticating user, so you do not have to pass it yourself.",
          "if (!pm.environment.get('access_token') || !pm.request.url.path.includes(':source_user_id')) {",
          "    return;",
          "}",
          "",
          "const [userId] = pm.environment.get('access_token').split('-');",
          "",
          "if (!userId) {",
          "    return;",
          "}",
          "",
          "const userIdIndex = pm.request.url.path.indexOf(':source_user_id');",
          "pm.request.url.path[userIdIndex] = userId;"
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "oauth1",
      "oauth1": [
        {
          "key": "tokenSecret",
          "value": "",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "key": "consumerSecret",
          "value": "",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "key": "consumerKey",
          "value": "",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "key": "disableHeaderEncoding",
          "value": false,
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        {
          "key": "addParamsToHeader",
          "value": true,
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        {
          "key": "signatureMethod",
          "value": "HMAC-SHA1",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "key": "version",
          "value": "1.0",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "key": "addEmptyParamsToSign",
          "value": false,
          "type": "boolean"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "DELETE",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:source_user_id/following/:target_user_id",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "twitter",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "2",
        "users",
        ":source_user_id",
        "following",
        ":target_user_id"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "source_user_id",
          "value": "",
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The ID of the user who wishes to follow an account. The ID must belong to the authenticating user.\n\nIn Postman, you can leave the `source_user_id` field empty to let the collection automatically populate it with the user ID of the user in the current environment."
        },
        {
          "key": "target_user_id",
          "value": "",
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The ID of the user to unfollow."
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Allows a user ID to unfollow another user.\n\nFor full details, see the [API reference](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/users/follows/api-reference/delete-users-source_user_id-following) for this endpoint.\n\n[Sign up](https://t.co/signup) for the Twitter API"
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}