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title: Supported protocols in InfluxDB
description: 'InfluxData supports the following protocols for interacting with InfluxDB: <div class="children-links"> <h3 id="collectd-protocol-support-in-influxdb"><a href="/influxdb/v1/supported_protocols/collectd/" target="">CollectD protocol support in InfluxDB</a></h3> <p>The collectd input allows InfluxDB to accept data transmitted in collectd native format.</p> <h3 id="graphite-protocol-support-in-influxdb"><a href="/influxdb/v1/supported_protocols/graphite/" target="">Graphite protocol support in Infl'
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1/supported_protocols/
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product: InfluxDB OSS v1
version: v1
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# Supported protocols in InfluxDB

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS. [InfluxDB 3 Core](/influxdb3/core/) is the latest stable version.

InfluxData supports the following protocols for interacting with InfluxDB:

### [CollectD protocol support in InfluxDB](/influxdb/v1/supported_protocols/collectd/)

The collectd input allows InfluxDB to accept data transmitted in collectd native format.

### [Graphite protocol support in InfluxDB](/influxdb/v1/supported_protocols/graphite/)

Use the Graphite plugin to write data to InfluxDB using the Graphite protocol.

### [OpenTSDB protocol support in InfluxDB](/influxdb/v1/supported_protocols/opentsdb/)

Use the OpenTSDB plugin to write data to InfluxDB using the OpenTSDB protocol.

### [Prometheus endpoints support in InfluxDB](/influxdb/v1/supported_protocols/prometheus/)

Read and write Prometheus data in InfluxDB.

### [UDP protocol support in InfluxDB](/influxdb/v1/supported_protocols/udp/)

Overview of support for UDP protocol in InfluxDB.