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# Check follow status

GET https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/{robot_id}/channels/{channel_id}/follow-status

Asks whether one Instagram user follows the connected page.

`follows_business` is three-valued. `null` means Meta did not confirm the relationship, which is not the same as `false`. Treating `null` as `false` gates answers from people who do follow, which reads to them as the automation being broken, so send the answer on `null`.

Reference: https://docs-parschat.parstechai.com/api-reference/instagram-automation/get-follow-status

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Your API key, issued by ParsChat sales. One key per account, spanning every robot you own. Send it as `Authorization: Bearer pk_live_…`.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `robot_id` (string, required) — The robot's id, as returned by the create call.
- `channel_id` (string, required) — The channel's id.

### Query parameters

- `user_id` (string, required) — The Instagram user id, as it arrives on webhook events.

## Response

### 200

The follow relationship, as far as Meta confirmed it.

- `user_id` (string, optional) — The Instagram user you asked about.
- `follows_business` (boolean, optional, nullable) — Three-valued. `true` and `false` are Meta's answer. `null` means Meta did not confirm the relationship, which is not the same as `false`. Treat `null` as follow-unknown and send the answer anyway.
- `checked_at` (datetime, optional) — When we last asked Meta.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

The request itself is malformed: a parameter is missing, unparseable, or out of range. Unlike 422, the request never reached validation of its contents.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

The key is missing, wrong, revoked, or past its expiry date. All four answer `invalid_key`: telling an expired key from an unknown one would confirm to whoever holds a leaked key that it was once real.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 403 Forbidden Error

The call is understood but not permitted: a missing role, a lapsed plan, or exhausted capacity.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 404 Not Found Error

No such resource, or it belongs to another partner. We return 404 rather than 403 here, because a 403 would confirm the id exists.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

You are calling the API too fast. `details` names the limit you are held to. This never means an automated reply to an end customer was discarded: those are queued, not dropped.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Something failed on our side. Retry with backoff, and quote `request_id` if it persists.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 503 Service Unavailable Error

A service we depend on (a channel provider, or our AI service) is unavailable. Retry with backoff.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

## Types

### ErrorError

- `code` (string, optional) — Stable machine-readable code. Branch on this, not on the message.
- `message` (string, optional) — Human-readable explanation. Wording may change.
- `request_id` (string, optional) — Log this. It is what lets support find your exact request.
- `details` (map from string to any, optional) — Machine-readable context for the code. On `capacity_exhausted` it carries `occupied`, `requested` and `capacity`; on `rate_limited`, `limit_per_minute` and `window_seconds`.

## Examples

### Confirmed follower

**Response**

```json
{
  "user_id": "iguser_88213",
  "follows_business": true,
  "checked_at": "2026-09-20T11:30:00Z"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Confirmed follower
import requests

url = "https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status"

querystring = {"user_id":"iguser_88213"}

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Confirmed follower
const url = 'https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status?user_id=iguser_88213';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Confirmed follower
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status?user_id=iguser_88213"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Confirmed follower
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status?user_id=iguser_88213")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Confirmed follower
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status?user_id=iguser_88213")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php Confirmed follower
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status?user_id=iguser_88213', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Confirmed follower
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status?user_id=iguser_88213");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Confirmed follower
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status?user_id=iguser_88213")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

### Meta did not confirm: send the answer

**Response**

```json
{
  "user_id": "iguser_44190",
  "follows_business": null,
  "checked_at": "2026-09-20T11:31:00Z"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Meta did not confirm: send the answer
import requests

url = "https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status"

querystring = {"user_id":"iguser_88213"}

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Meta did not confirm: send the answer
const url = 'https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status?user_id=iguser_88213';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Meta did not confirm: send the answer
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status?user_id=iguser_88213"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Meta did not confirm: send the answer
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status?user_id=iguser_88213")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Meta did not confirm: send the answer
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status?user_id=iguser_88213")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php Meta did not confirm: send the answer
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status?user_id=iguser_88213', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Meta did not confirm: send the answer
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status?user_id=iguser_88213");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Meta did not confirm: send the answer
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots/rbt_8fK2mQ/channels/chn_3pQ7xL/follow-status?user_id=iguser_88213")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```