You are studying a Lemon8 creator's content and want additional public accounts to read. Their following list can offer leads, but it does not prove where inspiration came from or whether two people collaborate.

Keep the relationship direction explicit

Start with the confirmed user identifier and record connections from that user to accounts they follow. This is the opposite direction from a follower list. Do not combine the two and call every account an audience member. Date the observation because relationships can change.

Find material worth reading separately

Continue with returned cursors, retaining progress and removing duplicates. Inspect relevant public work separately before deciding that an account shares the research topic. A nickname or avatar is not enough to infer occupation, identity, or personal interests. Keep incomplete candidates in a reading queue.

Separate connections from content evidence

If two accounts discuss similar subjects, record that as an observation about their work. It does not establish copying, influence, or a partnership. Following has many possible motivations, none supplied by this endpoint. Deliver a public reading list with reasons and evidence still needed. Accounts absent from the visible list may still be information sources, so the relationship sample should not be presented as the creator's entire intellectual network.

Request URL and parameters

GET https://api.trmesh.com/openapi/api/v1/lemon8/app/fetch_user_following_list

Parameter Type Required Meaning
user_id string Yes User ID
cursor string No Pagination parameter

Run the Python example

Install requests and set TRMESH_API_TOKEN in your environment. Replace the sample identifiers with the public object you intend to inspect. Example IDs may no longer be available.

import os
import requests

# Read your own developer key from the server environment.
url = "https://api.trmesh.com/openapi/api/v1/lemon8/app/fetch_user_following_list"
params = {
    "user_id": "7428056850216862763"
}
response = requests.get(
    url, params=params, timeout=30,
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['TRMESH_API_TOKEN']}"},
)
response.raise_for_status()
payload = response.json()
print(payload)  # Inspect the actual response before mapping fields

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