InfluxDB v2 API

The InfluxDB v2 API provides a programmatic interface for interactions with InfluxDB. Access the InfluxDB API using the /api/v2/ endpoint.

Authentication

InfluxDB uses authentication tokens to authorize API requests. Include your authentication token as an Authorization header in each request.

curl --request POST http://localhost:8086/api/v2/write \
  --header "Authorization: Token YOURAUTHTOKEN" \
  --data-urlencode "org=myorg" \
  --data-urlencode "bucket=example-bucket"

InfluxDB v2 API Documentation

InfluxDB OSS 2.0 API documentation

View InfluxDB API documentation locally

InfluxDB API documentation is built into the influxd service and represents the API specific to the current version of InfluxDB. To view the API documentation locally, start InfluxDB and visit the /docs endpoint in a browser (localhost:8086/docs).

InfluxDB v1 compatibility API documentation

The InfluxDB v2 API includes InfluxDB 1.x compatibility endpoints that work with InfluxDB 1.x client libraries and third-party integrations like Grafana and others.

View full v1 compatibility API documentation

InfluxDB client libraries

InfluxDB client libraries are language-specific packages that integrate with the InfluxDB v2 API. For information about supported client libraries, see InfluxDB client libraries.

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