Documentation

Develop with the InfluxDB API

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS. InfluxDB 3 Core is the latest stable version.

The InfluxDB v2 API provides a programmatic interface for interactions with InfluxDB. Access the InfluxDB API using the /api/v2/ endpoint.

Developer guides

InfluxDB client libraries

InfluxDB client libraries are language-specific packages that integrate with the InfluxDB v2 API. For tutorials and information about client libraries, see InfluxDB client libraries.

InfluxDB v2 API documentation

InfluxDB OSS 2.7 API documentation

View InfluxDB API documentation locally

InfluxDB API documentation is built into the influxd service and represents the API specific to the current version of InfluxDB. To view the API documentation locally, start InfluxDB and visit the /docs endpoint in a browser (localhost:8086/docs).

InfluxDB v1 compatibility API documentation

The InfluxDB v2 API includes InfluxDB v1 compatibility endpoints and authentication that work with InfluxDB 1.x client libraries and third-party integrations like Grafana and others.

View full v1 compatibility API documentation


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New in InfluxDB 3.6

Key enhancements in InfluxDB 3.6 and the InfluxDB 3 Explorer 1.4.

See the Blog Post

InfluxDB 3.6 is now available for both Core and Enterprise. This release introduces the 1.4 update to InfluxDB 3 Explorer, featuring the beta launch of Ask AI, along with new capabilities for simple startup and expanded functionality in the Processing Engine.

For more information, check out:

InfluxDB Docker latest tag changing to InfluxDB 3 Core

On February 3, 2026, the latest tag for InfluxDB Docker images will point to InfluxDB 3 Core. To avoid unexpected upgrades, use specific version tags in your Docker deployments.

If using Docker to install and run InfluxDB, the latest tag will point to InfluxDB 3 Core. To avoid unexpected upgrades, use specific version tags in your Docker deployments. For example, if using Docker to run InfluxDB v2, replace the latest version tag with a specific version tag in your Docker pull command–for example:

docker pull influxdb:2