---
title: "Follow users or organizations"
method: POST
path: "/api/follows"
tags: ["follows"]
---

# Follow users or organizations

`POST /api/follows`

Follow users or organizations in bulk on behalf of the authenticated user.

### Bulk Update Behavior:
- Accepts arrays of `user_ids` and `organization_ids` in the request body.
- Performs follow actions for all provided identifiers.
- Highly efficient for onboarding flows or importing social connections.

## Request body

- object
  - `user_ids` integer[]
  - `organization_ids` integer[]

## Response `200`

successful

- object
  - `outcome` string

## Changes

> 59 revisions in range; 8 could not be searched.

- **2026-07-13** (v1) `189b62b952ea` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-07-13** (v1) `7db6ba099285` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2023-07-19** (v1) `0b33fcd32ccb` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2023-06-29** (v1) `5084b8203794` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2023-01-10** (v1) `754f8b25f815` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/forem/apis/forem-api-v1/changes/api/follows/post.md)

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