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In this post, let me show you How to Retrieve All The users following the current user using REST in SharePoint 2013. This article helps to retrieve all the users following the current user using REST in SharePoint 2013. this is often developed using the NAPA development tool.

Step 1: On your Developer website, open the “Napa” office 365 Development Tools and so select Add New Project.

Select the App for SharePoint template, name the project and so click the create button.
Replace Default.aspx with the following code.
Replace APP.js with the following source code.
Publish Your App.

Step 2: Now, you must Change the permission:
Tenant = Write
User Profiles = Read

Step 3: Update the Default.aspx and App.js files

Default Aspx

App.js

'use strict';
var hostweburl;
var appweburl;
var myFollowerEndpoint;
var followers;
$(document).ready(function(){
hostweburl = decodeURIComponent(getQueryStringParameter("SPHostUrl"));
appweburl = decodeURIComponent(getQueryStringParameter("SPAppWebUrl"))
myFollowerEndpoint = decodeURIComponent(appweburl) + "/_api/social.following";
getMyFollowers();
});
function getQueryStringParameter(paramToRetrieve)
{
var params = document.URL.split("?")[1].split("&");
for (var i=0; i<params.length; i= i + 1)
{
var singleParam = params[i].split("=");
if(singleParam[0] == paramToRetrieve) return singleParam[1];
}
}
function getMyFollowers() {
$.ajax( {
url: myFollowerEndpoint + "/my/followers",
headers: {
"accept": "application/json;odata=verbose"
},
success: myFollowersSuccessHandler,
error: myFollowersErrorHandler
});
}
function myFollowersSuccessHandler(data)
{
var stringData = JSON.stringify(data);
var jsonObject = JSON.parse(stringData);
var folResult = jsonObject.d.Followers.results;
followers = "<p>The Person who follows you are:</p>";
for (var i=0; i<folResult.length; i++)
{
followers+= "<P>"+folResult[i].Name+"</p>";
}
document.getElementById("myFollowersResult").innerHTML = followers;
}
function myFollowersErrorHandler(data,errorcode,errormessage)
{
alert("Couldn't get the followers " + errormessage);
}

'use strict';

var hostweburl;

var appweburl;

var myFollowerEndpoint;

var followers;

$(document).ready(function(){

hostweburl = decodeURIComponent(getQueryStringParameter("SPHostUrl"));

appweburl = decodeURIComponent(getQueryStringParameter("SPAppWebUrl"))

myFollowerEndpoint = decodeURIComponent(appweburl) + "/_api/social.following";

getMyFollowers();

});

function getQueryStringParameter(paramToRetrieve)

{

var params = document.URL.split("?")[1].split("&");

for (var i=0; i<params.length; i= i + 1)

{

var singleParam = params[i].split("=");

if(singleParam[0] == paramToRetrieve) return singleParam[1];

}

function getMyFollowers() {

$.ajax( {

url: myFollowerEndpoint + "/my/followers",

headers: {

"accept": "application/json;odata=verbose"

success: myFollowersSuccessHandler,

error: myFollowersErrorHandler

});

}

function myFollowersSuccessHandler(data)

{

var stringData = JSON.stringify(data);

var jsonObject = JSON.parse(stringData);

var folResult = jsonObject.d.Followers.results;

followers = "<p>The Person who follows you are:</p>";

for (var i=0; i<folResult.length; i++)

{

followers+= "<P>"+folResult[i].Name+"</p>";

}

document.getElementById("myFollowersResult").innerHTML = followers;

}

function myFollowersErrorHandler(data,errorcode,errormessage)

{

alert("Couldn't get the followers " + errormessage);

}

Step 4
Finally, publish the solution and then click the Trust It Button.

And here is the output:

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