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Web API •References / Users / Check If User Follows Artists or Users

Check If User Follows Artists or Users

Check to see if the current user is following one or more artists or other Spotify users.

Authorization scopes

Request

  • type
    string
    Required

    The ID type: either artist or user.

    Allowed values: "artist", "user"Example: type=artist
  • ids
    string
    Required

    A comma-separated list of the artist or the user Spotify IDs to check. For example: ids=74ASZWbe4lXaubB36ztrGX,08td7MxkoHQkXnWAYD8d6Q. A maximum of 50 IDs can be sent in one request.

    Example: ids=2CIMQHirSU0MQqyYHq0eOx,57dN52uHvrHOxijzpIgu3E,1vCWHaC5f2uS3yhpwWbIA6

Response

Array of booleans

Example: [false,true]
endpointhttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/following/containstype
artist
ids

Response sample

[false, true]