ad_accounts14

ad_groups13

ads10

advanced_auction2

audience_insights2

audience_sharing7

audiences4

billing11

boards11

bulk3

business_access_assets12

business_access_invite6

business_access_relationships9

campaigns8

catalog_feeds8

catalog_items3

catalog_product_groups10

catalog_reports3

catalog_supplemental7

catalogs3

conversion_deletion_requests4

conversion_eqs1

conversion_events1

conversion_tags5

conversions4

customer_list_uploads3

customer_lists4

customer_segment3

integrations7

keywords5

labels5

lead_ads4

lead_forms5

leads_export2

media3

msot_events1

notification1

oauth3

order_lines2

pins8

product_group_promotions5

product_tags3

promotions5

resources6

schedules3

search3

targeting_template3

terms2

terms_of_service1

trends4

user_account14

user_account

Follow user

Changed on Jun 4, 2026

This endpoint is currently in beta and not available to all apps. Learn more.

Use this request, as a signed-in user, to follow another user.

post/user_account/following/{username}

Request

Base URL
https://api.pinterest.com/v5
Auth
OAuth 2
Authorization codehttps://www.pinterest.com/oauth/
Token URLhttps://api.pinterest.com/v5/oauth/token
Scopesuser_accounts:write
TypeScript
https://skmtc.dev/pinterest/apis/pinterest-rest-api/docs/user_account/following/:username/post.ts
A function with typed inputs. Its response is checked against the schema.

Path parameters

usernamestring required

A valid username

Request body

auto_followboolean

Whether this request comes as result of auto-follow after clicking on a link. Follow links can be used by partners on their site or in emails. Only selected partners can be followed this way. We verify that partner can be auto-followed.

Response

The request has succeeded.

typestring

Always 'user'

usernamestring

Username

Changes

Jun 4, 2026v5b698c180678a Revision changes
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  the request property default value false was removed
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  added the non-success response with the status
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  added the non-success response with the status
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  added the non-success response with the status
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  added the non-success response with the status
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  the response optional property became read-only for the status
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  the response optional property became read-only for the status
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  added the success response with the status
Feb 14, 2023v5be19b77aa78a Revision changes
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  endpoint added

Operation history