The InfluxDB 1.x compatibility /write and /query endpoints work with InfluxDB 1.x client libraries and third-party integrations like Grafana and others.
If you want to use the latest InfluxDB /api/v2 API instead,
see the InfluxDB v2 API documentation.
The InfluxDB 1.x API requires authentication for all requests. InfluxDB Cloud uses InfluxDB API tokens to authenticate requests.
For more information, see the following:
Use the Token authentication scheme to authenticate to the InfluxDB API.
In your API requests, send an Authorization header.
For the header value, provide the word Token followed by a space and an InfluxDB API token.
The word Token is case-sensitive.
Authorization: Token YOUR_INFLUX_TOKEN
For examples and more information, see the following:
| Security Scheme Type | API Key |
|---|---|
| Header parameter name: | Authorization |
Use the HTTP Basic authentication
scheme with clients that support the InfluxDB 1.x convention of username and password (that don't support the Authorization: Token scheme):
For examples and more information, see how to authenticate with a username and password.
| Security Scheme Type | HTTP |
|---|---|
| HTTP Authorization Scheme | basic |
Use the Querystring authentication scheme with InfluxDB 1.x API parameters to provide credentials through the query string.
For examples and more information, see how to authenticate with a username and password.
| Security Scheme Type | API Key |
|---|---|
| Query parameter name: | u=&p= |