---
title: "Send friend request by tag"
method: POST
path: "/users/@me/relationships"
tags: ["Users"]
---

# Send friend request by tag

`POST /users/@me/relationships`

Sends a friend request to a user identified by username tag (username#discriminator). Returns the new relationship object. Can fail if user not found or request already sent.

## Request body

- FriendRequestByTagRequest
  - `username` string, required
  - `discriminator` union, required
    - string
    - number

## Response `200`

Success

- RelationshipResponse
  - `id` string, snowflake, required
  - `type` 1 | 2 | 3 | 4, required — Relationship type
  - `user` UserPartialResponse, required
    - `id` string, snowflake, required
    - `username` string, required — The username of the user, not unique across the platform
    - `discriminator` string, required — The four-digit discriminator tag of the user
    - `global_name` string, nullable, required — The display name of the user, if set
    - `avatar` string, nullable, required — The hash of the user avatar image
    - `avatar_color` integer, required
    - `bot` boolean — Whether the user is a bot account
    - `system` boolean — Whether the user is an official system user
    - `flags` integer, required — The public flags on the user account
    - `mention_flags` 0 | 1 | 2 — Reply mention preference
  - `since` string, date-time — ISO8601 timestamp of when the relationship was established
  - `nickname` string, nullable, required — A custom nickname set for the related user
  - `share_voice_activity` boolean, required — Whether the current user has chosen to share their voice activity with this friend on the Active Now panel
  - `friend_shares_voice_activity` boolean, required — Whether this friend has chosen to share their voice activity with the current user; for non-friend types this is always true

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request - The request was malformed or contained invalid data
- `401` — Unauthorized - Authentication is required or the token is invalid
- `403` — Forbidden - You do not have permission to perform this action
- `429` — Too Many Requests - You are being rate limited
- `500` — Internal Server Error - An unexpected error occurred

## Changes

> 16 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-09-18** `dd0ad4ea1c88` — 4 breaking, 4 info
  - request property `discriminator` list-of-types was narrowed by removing types `number` from media type `application/json`
  - the response property `nickname` became nullable for the status `200`
  - the response property `user/avatar` became nullable for the status `200`
  - the response property `user/global_name` became nullable for the status `200`
  - …4 more
- **2026-09-06** `a52a2cf49d9b` — 32 warning
  - added the new `IP_BAN_DECLINED` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `IP_BAN_DECLINED` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `401`
  - added the new `IP_BAN_DECLINED` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `403`
  - added the new `IP_BAN_DECLINED` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `500`
  - …28 more
  - …this revision’s changelog is incomplete
- …earlier changes not shown

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/fluxer/apis/fluxer-api/changes/users/@me/relationships/post.md)

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