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Query with the InfluxDB API

The InfluxDB v2 API provides a programmatic interface for all interactions with InfluxDB. To query InfluxDB 2.7, do one of the following:

In your request, set the following:

  • Your organization via the org or orgID URL parameters.
  • Authorization header to Token + your API token.
  • Accept header to application/csv.
  • Content-type header to application/vnd.flux (Flux only) or application/json (Flux or InfluxQL).
  • Query in Flux or InfluxQL with the request’s raw data.

Use gzip to compress the query response

To compress the query response, set the Accept-Encoding header to gzip. This saves network bandwidth, but increases server-side load.

We recommend only using gzip compression on responses that are larger than 1.4 KB. If the response is smaller than 1.4 KB, gzip encoding will always return a 1.4 KB response, despite the uncompressed response size. 1500 bytes (~1.4 KB) is the maximum transmission unit (MTU) size for the public network and is the largest packet size allowed at the network layer.

Flux - Example query request

Below is an example curl request that sends a Flux query to InfluxDB 2.7:

curl --request POST \
  http://localhost:8086/api/v2/query?orgID=INFLUX_ORG_ID  \
  --header 'Authorization: Token INFLUX_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Accept: application/csv' \
  --header 'Content-type: application/vnd.flux' \
  --data 'from(bucket:"example-bucket")
        |> range(start: -12h)
        |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "example-measurement")
        |> aggregateWindow(every: 1h, fn: mean)'
curl --request POST \
  http://localhost:8086/api/v2/query?orgID=INFLUX_ORG_ID \
  --header 'Authorization: Token INFLUX_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Accept: application/csv' \
  --header 'Content-type: application/vnd.flux' \
  --header 'Accept-Encoding: gzip' \
  --data 'from(bucket:"example-bucket")
        |> range(start: -12h)
        |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "example-measurement")
        |> aggregateWindow(every: 1h, fn: mean)'

InfluxQL - Example query request

Below is an example curl request that sends an InfluxQL query to InfluxDB 2.7:

curl --request -G http://localhost:8086/query?orgID=INFLUX_ORG_ID&database=MyDB&retention_policy=MyRP \
  --header 'Authorization: Token INFLUX_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Accept: application/csv' \
  --header 'Content-type: application/json' \
  --data-urlencode "q=SELECT used_percent FROM example-db.example-rp.example-measurement WHERE host=host1"
curl --request -G http://localhost:8086/query?orgID=INFLUX_ORG_ID&database=MyDB&retention_policy=MyRP \
  --header 'Authorization: Token INFLUX_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Accept: application/csv' \
  --header 'Content-type: application/json' \
  --header 'Accept-Encoding: gzip' \
  --data-urlencode "q=SELECT used_percent FROM example-db.example-rp.example-measurement WHERE host=host1"

InfluxDB returns the query results in annotated CSV.


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