Instagram

Follow an Instagram user

Follows an account. A private account gets a follow request instead, reported as followRequestPending on its profile.

POST

/api/v1/instagram/follows

Request bodyrequired

connectedAccountIdrequired

string · uuid

Connected account to act as

identityrequired

string

Username without @.

Response

201Follow result.

result

object

invitationId

string | null

sentAt

string · date-time

remainingToday

integer

Remaining daily allowance for this action on the connected account. Each action type has its own limit.

requestId

string · uuid

Id of this request, for support and troubleshooting

Errors

  • 400: Bad request
  • 401: Unauthorized: missing or invalid API key
  • 403: Forbidden
  • 404: Not found
  • 422: Invalid request payload

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