Incorrect user authorization on Create Follows

[BarryCarlyon]

@CradleGames

Or is there a simplier solution for having a non-follower chatbot?

1. ask the streamer to VIP or Mod the bot
2. generate a user token with the follows scope and make the bot follow the streamer(s)

@CradleGames

Do I understand the bearer should be the chatbot itself?

Yes. The bearer for follows needs to be the bearer for the person whom will follow the target. So the bearer needs to belong to “from_id”

In your example above.

you tried to make

@CradleGames

{“from_id”:“534869164”,“to_id”:“544955164”}

534869164 AKA iridnovo follow 544955164 aka hellpoint

You need to do this using a token that belongs to 534869164

From the descriptions this appears to be the correct direction. So the error suggests theres something wrong with your token as in it’s of the wrong type.

@BarryCarlyon

If you call the validate endpoint with your token?

Getting OAuth Access Tokens | Twitch Developers

Do you get a user_id in the response in this case 534869164 ?

The validate endpoint will confirm the scopes and if it’s of type “user”