---
title: "Follow a user"
method: PUT
path: "/user/following/{username}"
tags: ["users"]
---

# Follow a user

`PUT /user/following/{username}`

Note that you'll need to set `Content-Length` to zero when calling out to this endpoint. For more information, see "[HTTP verbs](https://docs.github.com/rest/guides/getting-started-with-the-rest-api#http-method)."

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the `user:follow` scope to use this endpoint.

## Path parameters

- `username` string, required

## Response `204`

Response

## Other responses

- `304` — Not modified
- `401` — Requires authentication
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Resource not found
- `422` — Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

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