Follows
Unfollow User
Causes the authenticated user to unfollow a specific user by their ID.
DELETE
/
2
/
users
/
{source_user_id}
/
following
/
{target_user_id}
Unfollow User
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.x.com/2/users/{source_user_id}/following/{target_user_id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.x.com/2/users/{source_user_id}/following/{target_user_id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.x.com/2/users/{source_user_id}/following/{target_user_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.x.com/2/users/{source_user_id}/following/{target_user_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.x.com/2/users/{source_user_id}/following/{target_user_id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.x.com/2/users/{source_user_id}/following/{target_user_id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/users/{source_user_id}/following/{target_user_id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"following": true
},
"errors": [
{
"detail": "<string>",
"resource_type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"type": "https://api.x.com/2/problems/resource-not-found",
"parameter": "<string>",
"resource_id": "<string>",
"status": 123,
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}Authorizations
OAuth2UserTokenUserToken
The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.
FlowAuthorization Code
- Authorization URL
- https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/authorize
- Token URL
- https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token
Scopes3
follows.write
Follow and unfollow accounts on your behalf.
users.read
View any account you can see, including protected accounts.
tweet.read
View all posts you can see, including those from protected accounts.
Path Parameters
Unique identifier of a User
Pattern:
^[0-9]{1,19}$Example:
"2244994945"
Unique identifier of a User
Pattern:
^[0-9]{1,19}$Example:
"2244994945"
⌘I
Unfollow User
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.x.com/2/users/{source_user_id}/following/{target_user_id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.x.com/2/users/{source_user_id}/following/{target_user_id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.x.com/2/users/{source_user_id}/following/{target_user_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.x.com/2/users/{source_user_id}/following/{target_user_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.x.com/2/users/{source_user_id}/following/{target_user_id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.x.com/2/users/{source_user_id}/following/{target_user_id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/users/{source_user_id}/following/{target_user_id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"following": true
},
"errors": [
{
"detail": "<string>",
"resource_type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"type": "https://api.x.com/2/problems/resource-not-found",
"parameter": "<string>",
"resource_id": "<string>",
"status": 123,
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}