InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API
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
Authentication
InfluxDB 1.x compatibility endpoints require all query and write requests to be authenticated with an API token or v1-compatible credentials.
Authenticate with an API token or 1.x-compatible credentials
You can’t use an InfluxDB 2.x username and password to authenticate with the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API.
- Authenticate with the Token scheme
- Authenticate with a 1.x username and password scheme
- Troubleshoot authentication issues
Authenticate with the Token scheme
Token authentication requires the following credential:
- token: InfluxDB API token
Use the Authorization
header with the Token
scheme to provide your token to InfluxDB.
The Token
scheme is the word Token
, a space, and your token (all case-sensitive).
Syntax
Authorization: Token INFLUX_API_TOKEN
Example
#######################################
# Use a token in the Authorization header
# to query the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API.
#
# Replace INFLUX_API_TOKEN with your InfluxDB API token.
#######################################
curl --get "https://cloud2.influxdata.com" \
--header "Authorization: Token INFLUX_API_TOKEN" \
--header 'Content-type: application/json' \
--data-urlencode "db=mydb" \
--data-urlencode "q=SELECT * FROM cpu_usage"
/**
* Use the Token authentication scheme
* to query the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API.
*
* Replace INFLUX_API_TOKEN with your InfluxDB API token.
*/
const https = require('https');
const querystring = require('querystring');
function queryWithToken() {
const queryparams = {
db: 'mydb',
q: 'SELECT * FROM cpu_usage',
};
const options = {
host: 'cloud2.influxdata.com',
path: "/query?" + querystring.stringify(queryparams),
headers: {
'Authorization': 'Token INFLUX_API_TOKEN',
'Content-type': 'application/json'
},
};
const request = https.get(options, (response) => {
let rawData = '';
response.on('data', () => {
response.on('data', (chunk) => { rawData += chunk; });
})
response.on('end', () => {
console.log(rawData);
})
});
request.end();
}
Authenticate with a username and password scheme
Use the following authentication schemes with clients that support the InfluxDB 1.x convention of username
and password
(that don’t support the Authorization: Token
scheme):
Manage credentials
- username: InfluxDB Cloud username
(Use the email address you signed up with as your username–for example,
exampleuser@influxdata.com
.) - password: InfluxDB Cloud API token
Basic authentication
Use the Authorization
header with the Basic
scheme to provide username and
password credentials to InfluxDB.
Most HTTP clients provide a Basic authentication option that
accepts the <username>:<password>
syntax
and encodes the credentials before sending the request.
Syntax
Authorization: Basic exampleuser@influxdata.com:INFLUX_API_TOKEN
Example
#######################################
# Use an InfluxDB 1.x compatible username
# and password with Basic Authentication
# to query the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API
#######################################
# Use default retention policy
#######################################
# Use the --user option with `--user INFLUX_USERNAME:INFLUX_API_TOKEN` syntax
# or the `--user INFLUX_USERNAME` interactive syntax to ensure your credentials are
# encoded in the header.
#######################################
curl --get "https://cloud2.influxdata.com/query" \
--user "exampleuser@influxdata.com":"INFLUX_API_TOKEN" \
--data-urlencode "db=mydb" \
--data-urlencode "q=SELECT * FROM cpu_usage"
/**
* Use an InfluxDB Cloud username and token
* with Basic Authentication
* to query the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API
*/
const https = require('https');
const querystring = require('querystring');
function queryWithUsername() {
const queryparams = {
db: 'mydb',
q: 'SELECT * FROM cpu_usage',
};
const options = {
host: 'cloud2.influxdata.com',
path: '/query?' + querystring.stringify(queryparams),
auth: 'exampleuser@influxdata.com:INFLUX_API_TOKEN',
headers: {
'Content-type': 'application/json'
},
};
const request = https.get(options, (response) => {
let rawData = '';
response.on('data', () => {
response.on('data', (chunk) => { rawData += chunk; });
})
response.on('end', () => {
console.log(rawData);
})
});
request.end();
}
Replace the following:
: the email address that you signed up withexampleuser@influxdata.com
: your InfluxDB API tokenINFLUX_API_TOKEN
Query string authentication
Use InfluxDB 1.x API parameters to provide credentials through the query string.
Consider when using query string parameters
- URL-encode query parameters that may contain whitespace or other special characters.
- Be aware of the risks when exposing sensitive data through URLs.
Syntax
/query/?u=INFLUX_USERNAME&p=INFLUX_API_TOKEN
/write/?u=INFLUX_USERNAME&p=INFLUX_API_TOKEN
Example
#######################################
# Use an InfluxDB 1.x compatible username
# and password with Basic Authentication
# to query the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API
#######################################
# Use default retention policy
#######################################
# Use the --user option with `--user INFLUX_USERNAME:INFLUX_API_TOKEN` syntax
# or the `--user INFLUX_USERNAME` interactive syntax to ensure your credentials are
# encoded in the header.
#######################################
curl --get "https://cloud2.influxdata.com/query" \
--user "exampleuser@influxdata.com":"INFLUX_API_TOKEN" \
--data-urlencode "db=mydb" \
--data-urlencode "q=SELECT * FROM cpu_usage"
/**
* Use an InfluxDB Cloud username and token
* with Basic Authentication
* to query the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API
*/
const https = require('https');
const querystring = require('querystring');
function queryWithUsername() {
const queryparams = {
db: 'mydb',
q: 'SELECT * FROM cpu_usage',
};
const options = {
host: 'cloud2.influxdata.com',
path: '/query?' + querystring.stringify(queryparams),
auth: 'exampleuser@influxdata.com:INFLUX_API_TOKEN',
headers: {
'Content-type': 'application/json'
},
};
const request = https.get(options, (response) => {
let rawData = '';
response.on('data', () => {
response.on('data', (chunk) => { rawData += chunk; });
})
response.on('end', () => {
console.log(rawData);
})
});
request.end();
}
Replace the following:
: the email address that you signed up withexampleuser@influxdata.com
: your InfluxDB API tokenINFLUX_API_TOKEN
Troubleshoot authentication issues
Unauthorized when using the initial username and password
You can’t use the InfluxDB 2.x username and password to authenticate with the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API. For example, given the following Docker Compose configuration:
# Docker compose example
influx2:
image: influxdb:2.4.0
volumes:
- ./dev/influxdb2:/var/lib/influxdb2
ports:
- "8086:8086"
environment:
DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_USERNAME: dev
DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_PASSWORD: 12345678
DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ORG: com.some
DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_BUCKET: m2_dev
DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_MODE: setup
The following query using the v1 /query
endpoint and v2 initial username and password returns an unauthorized
error:
# Using the initial username and password
curl --get "https://cloud2.influxdata.com/query" \
--data-urlencode "u=dev" \
--data-urlencode "p=12345678" \
--data-urlencode "db=m2_dev" \
--data-urlencode "q=SELECT * FROM default"
Instead, authenticate with a token or a 1.x username and password scheme.
InfluxQL support
The compatibility API supports InfluxQL, with the following caveats:
- The
INTO
clause (for example,SELECT ... INTO ...
) is not supported. - With the exception of
DELETE
andDROP MEASUREMENT
queries, which are still allowed, InfluxQL database management commands are not supported.
Compatibility endpoints
/query
The /query
1.x compatibility endpoint queries InfluxDB Cloud using InfluxQL.
/write
The /write
1.x compatibility endpoint writes data to InfluxDB Cloud using patterns from the InfluxDB 1.x /write
API endpoint.
Database and retention policy mapping
The database and retention policy (DBRP) mapping service maps InfluxDB 1.x database and retention policy combinations to InfluxDB Cloud buckets.
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