GoHighLevel Contacts API

Add Followers Contact

POST/contacts/:contactId/followers

POST /contacts/:contactId/followers Add one or more followers to a contact. Followers are users in the sub-account who get notified about activity on that contact. It takes 1 path parameter and 1 body field, requires the contacts.write scope and authenticates with a sub-account (location) token.

Request and authentication

Method: POST
Full URL: https://services.leadconnectorhq.com/contacts/:contactId/followers
Scopes: contacts.write
Token type: Sub-account (location) token
Accepted auth: OAuth Access Token, Private Integration Token
API version header: Version: 2021-07-28
Schema verified: 22 June 2026

Path parameters

Substituted into the URL. Required by definition.

Name	Type	Description
`contactId`required	`string`	Example: `sx6wyHhbFdRXh302Lunr`

Request body

JSON body fields. Nested objects are shown indented under their parent.

Name	Type	Description
`followers`required	`array`	Example: `sx6wyHhbFdRXh302Lunr,sx6wyHhbFdRXh302Lunr`

Response fields

Top-level fields returned on a successful call.

Name	Type	Description
`followers`	`array`	Example: `sx6wyHhbFdRXh302Lunr,sx6wyHhbFdRXh302LLss`
`followersAdded`	`array`	Example: `Mx6wyHhbFdRXh302Luer,Ka6wyHhbFdRXh302LLsAm`

Example request

Copy-paste ready. Swap YOUR_TOKEN for your access token or Private Integration Token, and the sample ID for your own.

curl -X POST 'https://services.leadconnectorhq.com/contacts/sx6wyHhbFdRXh302Lunr/followers' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Version: 2021-07-28' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "followers": [
      "sx6wyHhbFdRXh302Lunr",
      "sx6wyHhbFdRXh302Lunr"
    ]
  }'

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