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Use tokens

Use tokens to authenticate requests to InfluxDB, including requests to write, query, and manage data and resources. Authenticate requests using the influx CLI, API requests made with client libraries, and tools like curl.

Add a token to a CLI request

influx write -t <token> -b BUCKET -o org-name <LINE PROTOCOL>
export INFLUX_TOKEN=my-token
influx write -t $INFLUX_TOKEN -b my-bucket -o my-org "measurement field=1"

See here to configure environment variables on Windows. (Click on the Windows tab.)

Use CLI configurations

Automatically manage and use tokens from the CLI using influx config.

Use a token in an API request

Use tokens in API requests.

Use a token in Postman

Make authenticated requests with tokens using Postman.


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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.

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New in InfluxDB 3.4

Key enhancements in InfluxDB 3.4 and the InfluxDB 3 Explorer 1.2.

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InfluxDB 3.4 is now available for both Core and Enterprise, which introduces offline token generation for use in automated deployments and configurable license type selection that lets you bypass the interactive license prompt. InfluxDB 3 Explorer 1.2 is also available, which includes InfluxDB cache management and other new features.

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