# List the people a user follows

From **GitHub v3 REST API**.

`GET /users/{username}/following`

Lists the people who the specified user follows.

## Parameters

### `username`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `string`

### `per_page`

- Location: query
- Required: false
- Type: `integer`
- Default: `30`

Results per page (max 100)

### `page`

- Location: query
- Required: false
- Type: `integer`
- Default: `1`

Page number of the results to fetch.

## Responses

### `200`

Response

#### Headers

##### `Link`

- Type: `string`

- Example: `<https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next", <https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"`

### `application/json`

- Type: `array`

```json
[
  {
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "login": "octocat",
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "site_admin": false,
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "type": "User",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
  }
]
```

```json
{"items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/simple-user"},"type":"array"}
```

## Request examples

### cURL

```shell
curl --request GET \
  --url {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3/users/{username}/following
```