Chatter REST API Developer's Guide

Introducing Chatter REST API
Chatter REST API Quick Start
Chatter REST API Features
Chatter REST API Examples
Filter a Response Body
Make a Request in a Community
Post a Feed Item
Post a Feed Element and Include a File from Salesforce
Post a Comment
Post a Comment and Include a File from Salesforce
Post a Binary File
Post an @Mention
Post Multiple @Mentions
Get a List of @Mention Proposals
Define Action Links and Post with a Feed Element
Define Action Links in a Template and Post with a Feed Element
Update the Status of an Action Link or Invoke an Action Link
Edit a Feed Post
Edit a Comment
Edit a Question Title and Post
Like a Feed Item
Like a Feed Item and Return the Total Number of Likes
Share a Feed Item
Get Feed Elements Updated Since Last Request
Get My News Feed
Get a Group Feed
Get a Feed with Internal Feed Items Only
Search a Feed
Get a List of Records a User Follows
Get Chatter Activity Statistics for a User
Get Recommendations of Users to Follow
Create a Group
Update and Crop a Group Photo
Join a Group
Request to Join a Private Group
Approve or Reject a Request to Join a Private Group
Post to a Group
Follow a Record
Stop Following a Record
Get a Record Feed
Update a User Profile
Update and Crop a User Photo
Send a Private Message
Get User Information for Multiple Users
Chatter REST API Resources
Chatter REST API Request Bodies
Chatter REST API Response Bodies
Chatter REST API Appendices
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Follow a Record

Resource
/chatter/users/me/following
HTTP method
POST
Request body
Following Input
Request parameter
subjectId

The subjectId is the ID of the item you want to follow. In versions 29.0 and above, the subjectId can be a topic ID.

Request body example
1{ "subjectId" : "001D000000Iyu2p" }
Request parameter example
1/services/data/v34.0/chatter/users/me/following?subjectId=001D000000Iyu2p
Returns
Subscription