Follow a post

Rate limit: 60 requests per 60 seconds. This is the default shared quota — it is shared with every other endpoint that has no dedicated limit, so requests across those endpoints all draw from the same budget.

---

Subscribes the authenticated user to push notifications when the post receives new comments or replies. Drives requesterContext.isFollowing on subsequent reads. Idempotent — following an already-followed post succeeds silently. This endpoint takes no request body.

POST /api/v1/posts/{postId}/follows

Follow a post

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/posts/{postId}/follows \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <x-api-key>' \
  --header 'x-request-id: <x-request-id>' \
  --header 'x-user-key: <x-user-key>'

import requests

url = "https://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/posts/{postId}/follows"

headers = {
    "x-request-id": "<x-request-id>",
    "x-api-key": "<x-api-key>",
    "x-user-key": "<x-user-key>",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-request-id': '<x-request-id>',
    'x-api-key': '<x-api-key>',
    'x-user-key': '<x-user-key>',
    Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'
  }
};

fetch('https://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/posts/{postId}/follows', 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://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/posts/{postId}/follows",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "x-api-key: <x-api-key>",
    "x-request-id: <x-request-id>",
    "x-user-key: <x-user-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/posts/{postId}/follows"

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

	req.Header.Add("x-request-id", "<x-request-id>")
	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<x-api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("x-user-key", "<x-user-key>")
	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.post("https://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/posts/{postId}/follows")
  .header("x-request-id", "<x-request-id>")
  .header("x-api-key", "<x-api-key>")
  .header("x-user-key", "<x-user-key>")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/posts/{postId}/follows")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-request-id"] = '<x-request-id>'
request["x-api-key"] = '<x-api-key>'
request["x-user-key"] = '<x-user-key>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

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

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

eToro OAuth2. Each operation lists the scopes that grant access as separate security requirements (OpenAPI OR semantics): the caller's token only needs ONE of them — you do NOT need all of them. The same scopes back the x-api-key/x-user-key credential pair.

Headers

x-request-id · string<uuid> · required

A unique request identifier.

Example:

"9c667056-b02b-4998-94bf-7cb0bea0cef7"

x-api-key · string<password> · required

API key for authentication.

Example:

"lhgfaslk21490FAScVPkdsb53F9dNkfHG4faZSG5vfjndfcfgdssdgsdHF4663"

x-user-key · string<password> · required

User-specific authentication key.

Example:

"eyJlYW4iOiJVbnJlZ2lzdGVyZWRBcHBsaWNhdGlvbiIsImVrIjoiOE5sZ2cwcW5EUVdROUFNWGpXT2lmOWktZnpidG5KcUlqWGJ3WHJZZkpZcldrbG90ZEhvLVBjSWhQaU8xU1ZtMW84aU1WZGZqN2xWNzFjLXFxLmcybXE1dnh4Q1hUT25xaWRUaTFlcEhmVk1fIn0_"

Path Parameters

postId · string<uuid> · required

ID of the post to follow (UUID)

Response

204

Post followed successfully