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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

# Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
$http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"

$sbResponseBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $http.QuickGetSb("https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/users/:USER_ID/following",$sbResponseBody)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$jResp = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jResp.LoadSb($sbResponseBody)
$jResp.EmitCompact = $false

$("Response Body:")
$($jResp.Emit())

$respStatusCode = $http.LastStatus
$("Response Status Code = " + $respStatusCode)
if ($respStatusCode -ge 400) {
    $("Response Header:")
    $($http.LastHeader)
    $("Failed.")
    exit
}

# 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 = $jResp.SizeOfArray("following")
while ($i -lt $count_i) {
    $jResp.I = $i
    $i = $i + 1
}

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}"
    }
  ]
}