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Web API •References / Users / Follow Artists or Users

Follow Artists or Users

Add the current user as a follower of one or more artists or other Spotify users.

Authorization scopes

Request

  • type
    string
    Required

    The ID type.

    Allowed values: "artist", "user"Example: type=artist
  • ids
    string
    Required

    A comma-separated list of the artist or the user Spotify IDs. A maximum of 50 IDs can be sent in one request.

    Example: ids=2CIMQHirSU0MQqyYHq0eOx,57dN52uHvrHOxijzpIgu3E,1vCWHaC5f2uS3yhpwWbIA6
supports free form additional properties
  • ids
    array of strings
    Required

    A JSON array of the artist or user Spotify IDs. For example: {ids:["74ASZWbe4lXaubB36ztrGX", "08td7MxkoHQkXnWAYD8d6Q"]}. A maximum of 50 IDs can be sent in one request. Note: if the ids parameter is present in the query string, any IDs listed here in the body will be ignored.

Response

Artist or user followed

endpointhttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/followingtype
artist
ids

Request body

Response sample