DevTools script: Follow a list of GitHub users

followGitHubUsers.js

/** @see https://docs.github.com/en/rest/users/followers?apiVersion=2022-11-28#follow-a-user */
(async () => {
  // Generate a fine-grained token with the following "Followers" scope (read/write) at https://github.com/settings/tokens
  const token = "YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN";

  const usernames = ["XXX", "YYY", "ZZZ"];

  const headers = {
    Accept: "application/vnd.github+json",
    Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
    "X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28",
  };

  const delay = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));

  for (const username of usernames) {
    const response = await fetch(
      `https://api.github.com/user/following/${username}`,
      {
        method: "PUT",
        headers,
      }
    );

    if (response.ok) {
      console.log(`Followed ${username} successfully!`);
    } else {
      console.error(`Failed to follow ${username}.`);
    }

    await delay(1000);
  }

  console.log("All done!");
})();