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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 1.x-compatible credentials.

Authenticate with the Token scheme

Token authentication requires the following credential:

Use the Authorization header with the Token scheme to provide your token to InfluxDB.

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 "http://localhost:8086" \
  --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: 'localhost:8086',
    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 "http://localhost:8086/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: 'localhost:8086',
    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:

  • exampleuser@influxdata.com
    : the email address that you signed up with
  • INFLUX_API_TOKEN
    : your InfluxDB 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 "http://localhost:8086/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: 'localhost:8086',
    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:

  • exampleuser@influxdata.com
    : the email address that you signed up with
  • INFLUX_API_TOKEN
    : your InfluxDB API token
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 and DROP MEASUREMENT queries, which are still allowed, InfluxQL database management commands are not supported.

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