Follow user

follow_user.js

const requestHeaders = [
  {
    name: 'accept',
    value: '*/*'
  },
  {
    name: 'accept-language',
    value: 'en-US;q=0.9,en;q=0.8'
  },
  {
    name: 'content-type',
    value: 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
  },
  {
    name: 'x-csrftoken',
    value: '[omitted]'
  },
  {
    name: 'x-ig-app-id',
    value: '[omitted]'
  },
  {
    name: 'x-ig-www-claim',
    value: '[omitted]'
  },
  {
    name: 'x-instagram-ajax',
    value: '[omitted]'
  },
  {
    name: 'x-requested-with',
    value: 'XMLHttpRequest'
  }
]

const request = new XMLHttpRequest()
request.open('POST', `https://www.instagram.com/web/friendships/${id}/follow/`)
requestHeaders.forEach((header) => {
  request.setRequestHeader(header.name, header.value)
})
request.send()
request.onload = () => {
  if(request.status === 200) {
    console.log('successful follow')
  }
}