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<?php

// 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 new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Http')
$http = new COM("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 new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->UpdateString('target_user_id','2244994945');

// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
$http->AuthToken = '<access_token>';

// resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostJson3('https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id/following','application/json',$json);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $resp->StatusCode . "\n";
print $resp->BodyStr . "\n";


?>

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": [
  ]
}