It is a web intent. The Twitter documentation describes it as a a way "to help users easily follow a Twitter account".
Using it, you can create a link/button that redirects to a Twitter account with the "Follow this account?" popup already open. The code is simple https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=[TWITTER_HANDLER]. For example, a follow intent to my Twitter account 😉😉: twitter.com/intent/user?screen_nam... or twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_n... (they both work)
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It is a web intent. The Twitter documentation describes it as a a way "to help users easily follow a Twitter account".
Using it, you can create a link/button that redirects to a Twitter account with the "Follow this account?" popup already open. The code is simple
https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=[TWITTER_HANDLER]. For example, a follow intent to my Twitter account 😉😉: twitter.com/intent/user?screen_nam... or twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_n... (they both work)