Classic ASP / Twitter API v2 / Follow a user ID
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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
' The following JSON is sent in the request body.
' {
' "target_user_id": "2244994945"
' }
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("target_user_id","2244994945")
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id/following","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.BodyStr) & "</pre>"
%>
</body>
</html>
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-d '{
"target_user_id": "2244994945"
}'
https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id/following
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Follow 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(':id')) {",
" return;",
"}",
"",
"const [userId] = pm.environment.get('access_token').split('-');",
"",
"if (!userId) {",
" return;",
"}",
"",
"const userIdIndex = pm.request.url.path.indexOf(':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": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"target_user_id\": \"2244994945\"\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id/following",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"twitter",
"com"
],
"path": [
"2",
"users",
":id",
"following"
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "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 `id` field empty to let the collection automatically populate it with the user ID of the user in the current environment."
}
]
},
"description": "Allows a user ID to follow another user.\n\nFor full details, see the [API reference](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/users/follows/api-reference/post-users-source_user_id-following) for this endpoint.\n\n[Sign up](https://t.co/signup) for the Twitter API"
},
"response": [
]
}
