link for to be a follower

[Devin]

Hello all,

I'm new to twitter and I hope someone can help me with this question.
I have a page on my website which display a list of statuses. Each
status has two buttons (Follow, Reply) next to it. The link to reply
is

https://twitter.com/home?in_reply_to=[user_name]&in_reply_to_status_id=[status_id]&status=%40[user_name]+

But I don't know what link to follow is. It seems like twitter use
ajax to add follower. Is there a way to add follower similar way to
add a reply.

Thank you!

[Peter Denton]

Hi Devin,
There is no URL as such. It must be an explicit action, done though the api.

http://apiwiki.twitter.com/REST+API+Documentation#create

[Doug Williams]

Devin,
The friendship create method, just like the status create method,
requires HTTP POST. Therefore they must be invoked through some sort
of server-side script.

However, since you are already sending users to Twitter to update
their status, have you considered simply sending them to a user's
profile (http://twitter.com/<user>) to follow and unfollow through the
Twitter UI?

Doug
@dougw

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[Devin]

Yes, that is my second option and it seems like I'm going with that.