provider users PUT /user/following/{username}
@utdk/github /user/following/{username}
Follow a user
Note that you'll need to set `Content-Length` to zero when calling out to this endpoint. For more information, see "[HTTP verbs](https://docs.github.com/rest/guides/getting-started-with-the-rest-api#http-method)." OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the `user:follow` scope to use this endpoint.
username path required
The handle for the GitHub user account.
string

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Authentication
Configure credentials for GitHub v3 REST API
Gateway
The gateway proxies requests and injects credentials server-side. Configure credentials above, then enter your gateway URL.

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users.follow
PUT/user/following/{username}
Note that you'll need to set `Content-Length` to zero when calling out to this endpoint. For more information, see "[HTTP verbs](https://docs.github.com/rest/guides/getting-started-with-the-rest-api#http-method)." OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the `user:follow` scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

required

The handle for the GitHub user account.

Enter a gateway URL above to enable sending.

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TypeScript

import github from '@utdk/github';

await github.users.follow()