Follow/Unfollow Feature NestJS

Question

I am trying to create a follow/unfollow system in my NestJS application. Currently I have a user table and joiner table follows. The follows table has the following structure

follows

followerId	followingId
1	2
1	3
3	2

• followerId the user creating the follow
• followingId the the user who is gaining the follower

I have two routes /follow which creates a record in the follows table and /unfollow which removes a record from the follow tables.

I'm trying to add two relationship properties to user.entity.ts

• followers : User [] all users that follow the user
• following: User [] all users the user is following

then just load these relations when I want to on a user like a profile on twitter.

I referenced this article but its in rails and HasMany doesnt seem to exist in typeorm. https://levelup.gitconnected.com/how-to-create-a-follow-unfollow-button-in-your-rails-social-media-application-e4081c279bca