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Following Users
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Last updated: 2025-10-23 15:01:16
Following Users
Last updated: 2025-10-23 15:01:16
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Feature Description

Follow user Support batch following users
Notes:
Note: To use the follow feature, purchase Pro, Pro-plus, or Enterprise Edition, then enable it in Console > Configuration > Friends and Relationship Chains > Follow / Fan function settings page.

API Call Instructions

Sample Request URL

https://xxxxxx/v4/follow/follow_add?sdkappid=88888888&identifier=admin&usersig=xxx&random=99999999&contenttype=json

Request Parameters

The following table describes the modified parameters when this API is called. For other parameters, see RESTful API Overview.
Parameter
Description
xxxxxx
Dedicated domain name corresponding to the country/region where the SDKAppID is located:
China: console.tim.qq.com
Singapore: adminapisgp.im.qcloud.com
Seoul: adminapikr.im.qcloud.com
Tokyo：adminapijpn.im.qcloud.com
Frankfurt: adminapiger.im.qcloud.com
Mumbai: adminapiind.im.qcloud.com
Silicon Valley: adminapiusa.im.qcloud.com
v4/follow/follow_add
Request API.
sdkappid
SDKAppID assigned by the Chat console when an app is created.
identifier
App admin account. For more information, see the App Admin section in Login Authentication.
usersig
Signature generated by the app admin account. For details, see Generating UserSig.
random
A random 32-bit unsigned integer ranging from 0 to 4294967295.
contenttype
Request format, which should always be json.

Maximum Calling Frequency

200 times/second.

Sample Requests

{
  "From_Account":"UserID_001",
  "FollowItem":
  [
      {
          "To_Account":"UserID_002"
      },
      {
          "To_Account":"UserID_003"
      }
  ]
}

Request Fields

Field
Type
Attribute
Description
From_Account
String
Required
UserID of the user who initiated the follow operation.
FollowItem
Array
Required
Focus on struct objects.
To_Account
String
Required
UserID of the user to be followed, the number of To_Accounts in a single request shall not exceed 20.

Sample Response

{
    "ResultItem": [
        {
            "To_Account": "UserID_002",
            "ResultCode": 0,
            "ResultInfo": ""
        },
        {
            "To_Account": "UserID_003",
            "ResultCode": 0,
            "ResultInfo": ""
        }
    ],
    "ActionStatus": "OK",
    "ErrorCode": 0,
    "ErrorInfo": "",
    "ErrorDisplay": ""
}

Response Fields

Field
Type
Description
ResultItem
Array
Array of batch follow result objects.
To_Account
String
UserID of the user who requested the follow operation.
ResultCode
Integer
Processing result of To_Account
0: Processing is successful.
Non-zero: Processing failed.
ResultInfo
String
Error description information of To_Account, this field is empty when successful.
ActionStatus
String
Request processing result:
OK: Processing is successful.
FAIL: Processing failed.
ErrorCode
Integer
Error Code:
0: Processing is successful.
Non-zero: Processing failed.
ErrorInfo
String
Detailed error information.

Error Codes

The returned HTTP status code for this API is always 200 unless a network error (such as error 502) occurs. The specific error code and details can be found in the response fields ErrorCode and ErrorInfo respectively.
For public error codes (60000 to 79999), please see Error Codes.
The following table describes the error codes specific to this API:
Error Code
Description
30001
Request parameter error. Please check the request parameters according to the error description.
30002
SDKAppID does not match.
30003
Requested user account does not exist.
30004
Request requires App administrator permissions.
30005
This application does not have the fan and follow feature enabled. To use it, purchase Pro, Pro-plus, or Enterprise Edition and activate it in the Console.
30006
Server internal error, please try again.
30007
Network timeout. Please try again later.
32100
The number of follows for From_Account has reached the system upper limit.
32101
The fan count for To_Account has reached the system upper limit.
32102
The mutual follow count for From_Account has reached the system upper limit.
32103
The mutual follow count for To_Account has reached the system upper limit.

Debugging Tool for API

Debug this interface using the REST API Online Debugging Tool.

References

Unfollow user (v4/follow/follow_delete)
Check follow relationship (v4/follow/follow_check)
Pull follow, fans, and mutual followers list (v4/follow/follow_get)
Get user's follow count, fan count, and mutual follow count (v4/follow/follow_get_info)

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