Documentation

Apache Arrow Flight RPC clients

Flight RPC and Flight SQL clients are language-specific drivers that interact with databases using the Arrow in-memory format and the Flight RPC protocol. Apache Arrow Flight RPC and Flight SQL protocols define APIs for servers and clients.

Use InfluxDB v3 client libraries

We recommend using InfluxDB v3 client libraries for integrating InfluxDB v3 with your application code. Client libraries wrap Apache Arrow Flight clients and provide convenient methods for writing, querying, and processing data stored in InfluxDB Cloud Serverless.

Flight RPC clients can use SQL or InfluxQL to query data stored in an InfluxDB Cloud Serverless bucket. Using InfluxDB v3’s IOx-specific Flight RPC protocol, clients send a single DoGet() request to authenticate, query, and retrieve data.

Flight SQL clients use the Flight SQL protocol for querying an SQL database server. They can use SQL to query data stored in an InfluxDB Cloud Serverless bucket, but they can’t use InfuxQL.

Clients are maintained by Apache Arrow projects or third-parties. For specifics about a Flight client, see the client’s GitHub repository.


Was this page helpful?

Thank you for your feedback!


The future of Flux

Flux is going into maintenance mode. You can continue using it as you currently are without any changes to your code.

Read more

InfluxDB v3 enhancements and InfluxDB Clustered is now generally available

New capabilities, including faster query performance and management tooling advance the InfluxDB v3 product line. InfluxDB Clustered is now generally available.

InfluxDB v3 performance and features

The InfluxDB v3 product line has seen significant enhancements in query performance and has made new management tooling available. These enhancements include an operational dashboard to monitor the health of your InfluxDB cluster, single sign-on (SSO) support in InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated, and new management APIs for tokens and databases.

Learn about the new v3 enhancements


InfluxDB Clustered general availability

InfluxDB Clustered is now generally available and gives you the power of InfluxDB v3 in your self-managed stack.

Talk to us about InfluxDB Clustered

InfluxDB Cloud Serverless