---
title: "Watch a followed profile"
method: POST
path: "/api/v2/accounts/{address_or_username}/watch"
tags: ["Account Endpoints"]
---

# Watch a followed profile

`POST /api/v2/accounts/{address_or_username}/watch`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.opensea.io`
- URL: `https://api.opensea.io/api/v2/accounts/{address_or_username}/watch`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key` and OpenID Connect (`https://auth.opensea.io/.well-known/openid-configuration`, scopes: `write:social`)
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/opensea/apis/opensea-api/docs/api/v2/accounts/:address_or_username/watch/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `address_or_username` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- ProfileSocialMutationResponse
  - `status` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `409`: Conflict
- `500`: Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `2c7935d84f90`: 8 info
  - removed `#/components/schemas/SwapErrorResponse, #/components/schemas/V1ErrorWrapper` from the response body `oneOf` list for the response status `400`
  - added the optional property `code` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `code` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `code` to the response with the `403` status
  - …4 more

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/opensea/apis/opensea-api/changes/api/v2/accounts/:address_or_username/watch/post.md)

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