---
title: "PUT /v2/me/following/{user_id}"
method: PUT
path: "/v2/me/following/{user_id}"
tags: ["Social"]
---

# PUT /v2/me/following/{user_id}

`PUT /v2/me/following/{user_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.arbital.xyz` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.arbital.xyz/v2/me/following/{user_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Idempotently follows an active Arbital user.

## Path parameters

- `user_id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Canonical idempotent follow state

- FollowState
  - `followed_user_id` string, uuid, required
  - `follower_user_id` string, uuid, required
  - `is_following` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Stable machine-readable private social problem
- `401`: Stable machine-readable private social problem
- `404`: Stable machine-readable private social problem
- `408`: Stable machine-readable private social problem
- `409`: Stable machine-readable private social problem
- `413`: Stable machine-readable private social problem
- `429`: Per-principal or anonymous-peer social request budget exhausted
- `503`: Stable machine-readable private social problem

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/arbital/apis/arbital-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/arbital/apis/arbital-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/arbital/apis/arbital-api/revisions/bb0185edf43a?raw)