---
title: "Follow or unfollow a user (toggle)"
method: POST
path: "/users/{user_id}/follow"
tags: ["Social"]
---

# Follow or unfollow a user (toggle)

`POST /users/{user_id}/follow`

This follow/unfollow a user

## Path parameters

- `user_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Success

- SuccessResponse
  - `success` string

## Other responses

- `400` — HTTP 400 Bad Request (errors 4705, 4710).
- `401` — HTTP 401 Unauthorized (error 4701).
- `403` — HTTP 403 Forbidden (errors 4700, 4703, 4742).
- `404` — HTTP 404 Not Found (error 4704).
- `500` — HTTP 500 Internal Server Error (error 4702).

## Changes

- **2026-07-22** `e8e6b266ea29` — 6 info
  - api operation id `toggleFollowUsers` was added
  - for the `path` request parameter `user_id`, the type/format was generalized from `integer`/`` to `string`/``
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
  - …2 more
- **2026-07-17** `9abb9bf6d3bf` — 1 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2026-06-25** `7ed7a764efd9` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2026-05-11** `b515694fd82a` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-02-19** `07f53972fdd7` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/ampache/apis/ampache-rest-api/changes/users/:user_id/follow/post.md)

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