# dev.knotless.followActor

> Published by [lexicons.knotless.dev](https://lexicon.garden/identity/did:plc:yqsg7znbbhfmj3a2nrpnaerk)

✓ This is the authoritative definition for this NSID.

## Description

Follows an account as the account logged in to this appview's pages.

## Links

- [View on Lexicon Garden](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:yqsg7znbbhfmj3a2nrpnaerk/dev.knotless.followActor)
- [Documentation](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:yqsg7znbbhfmj3a2nrpnaerk/dev.knotless.followActor/docs)
- [Examples](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:yqsg7znbbhfmj3a2nrpnaerk/dev.knotless.followActor/examples)

## Definitions

### `dev.knotless.followActor`

**Type**: `procedure`

Writes a dev.knotless.follow record naming the account in the account logged in to this appview's web pages, unless one is there already. An account cannot follow itself. Requires the session cookie the pages' login sets: the appview writes with the session it keeps for that account. Clients holding their own session write the record themselves.

#### Input

**Encoding**: `application/json`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `subject` | `string` (did) | Yes | The account to follow. |

#### Output

**Encoding**: `application/json`

#### Errors

- **ProfileNotFound**: No account by that DID.
- **AuthenticationRequired**: No account is logged in to the pages, or its session has ended.

## Raw Schema

```json
{
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "description": "Writes a dev.knotless.follow record naming the account in the account logged in to this appview's web pages, unless one is there already. An account cannot follow itself. Requires the session cookie the pages' login sets: the appview writes with the session it keeps for that account. Clients holding their own session write the record themselves.",
      "errors": [
        {
          "description": "No account by that DID.",
          "name": "ProfileNotFound"
        },
        {
          "description": "No account is logged in to the pages, or its session has ended.",
          "name": "AuthenticationRequired"
        }
      ],
      "input": {
        "encoding": "application/json",
        "schema": {
          "properties": {
            "subject": {
              "description": "The account to follow.",
              "format": "did",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "subject"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        }
      },
      "output": {
        "encoding": "application/json",
        "schema": {
          "ref": "dev.knotless.defs#followState",
          "type": "ref"
        }
      },
      "type": "procedure"
    }
  },
  "description": "Follows an account as the account logged in to this appview's pages.",
  "id": "dev.knotless.followActor",
  "lexicon": 1
}
```