How to check if the user is following you on Twitter?

Question

I know how to create a “Follow me” button on Twitter , but I only want to display it if the user has not yet completed me. Is there any way to do this right?

Answer 1

You can get a list of your own subscribers ids using this endpoint: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/followers/ids

If you know your twitter handle, you can get the ID of the user using your application using this endpoint: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/users/lookup

Then the code of your button will look something like this:

if ([arrayOfFollowerIds containsObject:idOfAppUser]){ followButton.hidden = YES; }