influx write
The influx write command writes data to InfluxDB via stdin or from a specified file.
Write data using line protocol,
annotated CSV, or
extended annotated CSV.
If you write CSV data, CSV annotations determine how the data translates into line protocol.
Usage
influx write [flags]
influx write [command]
Required data
To write data to InfluxDB, you must provide the following for each row:
- measurement
- field
- value
Line protocol
In line protocol, the structure of the line data determines the measurement, field, and value.
Annotated CSV
In annotated CSV, measurements, fields, and values are represented by the
_measurement, _field, and _value columns.
Their types are determined by CSV annotations.
To successfully write annotated CSV to InfluxDB, include all
annotation rows.
Extended annotated CSV
In extended annotated CSV, measurements, fields, and values and their types are determined by CSV annotations.
Subcommands
| Subcommand | Description |
|---|---|
| dryrun | Write to stdout instead of InfluxDB |
Flags
| Flag | Description | Input type | Maps to ? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
-c | --active-config | CLI configuration to use for command | string | |
-b | --bucket | Bucket name (mutually exclusive with --bucket-id) | string | INFLUX_BUCKET_NAME |
--bucket-id | Bucket ID (mutually exclusive with --bucket) | string | INFLUX_BUCKET_ID | |
--configs-path | Path to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs) | string | INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH | |
--compression | Input compression (none or gzip, default is none unless input file ends with .gz.) | string | ||
--debug | Output errors to stderr | |||
--encoding | Character encoding of input (default UTF-8) | string | ||
--errors-file | Path to a file used for recording rejected row errors | string | ||
-f | --file | File to import | stringArray | |
--format | Input format (lp or csv, default lp) | string | ||
--header | Prepend header line to CSV input data | string | ||
-h | --help | Help for the write command | ||
--host | HTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086) | string | INFLUX_HOST | |
--max-line-length | Maximum number of bytes that can be read for a single line (default 16000000) | integer | ||
-o | --org | Organization name (mutually exclusive with --org-id) | string | INFLUX_ORG |
--org-id | Organization ID (mutually exclusive with --org) | string | INFLUX_ORG_ID | |
-p | --precision | Precision of the timestamps (default ns) | string | INFLUX_PRECISION |
--rate-limit | Throttle write rate (examples: 5MB/5min or 1MB/s). | string | ||
--skip-verify | Skip TLS certificate verification | INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY | ||
--skipHeader | Skip first n rows of input data | integer | ||
--skipRowOnError | Output CSV errors to stderr, but continue processing | |||
-t | --token | API token | string | INFLUX_TOKEN |
-u | --url | URL to import data from | stringArray |
Examples
Authentication credentials
The examples below assume your InfluxDB host, organization, and token are
provided by either the active influx CLI configuration or by environment variables (INFLUX_HOST, INFLUX_ORG, and INFLUX_TOKEN).
If you do not have a CLI configuration set up or the environment variables set, include these required credentials for each command with the following flags:
--host: InfluxDB host-o, --orgor--org-id: InfluxDB organization name or ID-t, --token: InfluxDB API token
Write line protocol
- via stdin
- from a file
- and skip header lines
- from multiple files
- from a URL
- from multiple URLs
- from multiple sources
- from a compressed file
Write CSV data
- annotated CSV via stdin
- extended annotated CSV via stdin
- from a file
- from multiple files
- from a URL
- from multiple URLs
- from multiple sources
- and prepend annotation headers
- from a compressed file
- using rate limiting
Line protocol
Write line protocol via stdin
influx write --bucket example-bucket "
m,host=host1 field1=1.2,field2=5i 1640995200000000000
m,host=host2 field1=2.4,field2=3i 1640995200000000000
"
Write line protocol from a file
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--file path/to/line-protocol.txt
Skip header lines in a file
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--file path/to/line-protocol.txt
--skipHeader 8
Write line protocol from multiple files
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--file path/to/line-protocol-1.txt \
--file path/to/line-protocol-2.txt
Write line protocol from a URL
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--url https://example.com/line-protocol.txt
Write line protocol from multiple URLs
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--url https://example.com/line-protocol-1.txt \
--url https://example.com/line-protocol-2.txt
Write line protocol from multiple sources
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--file path/to/line-protocol-1.txt \
--url https://example.com/line-protocol-2.txt
Write line protocol from a compressed file
# The influx CLI assumes files with the .gz extension use gzip compression
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--file path/to/line-protocol.txt.gz
# Specify gzip compression for gzipped files without the .gz extension
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--file path/to/line-protocol.txt.comp \
--compression gzip
CSV
Write annotated CSV data via stdin
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--format csv \
"#group,false,false,false,false,true,true
#datatype,string,long,dateTime:RFC3339,double,string,string
#default,_result,,,,,
,result,table,_time,_value,_field,_measurement
,,0,2020-12-18T18:16:11Z,72.7,temp,sensorData
,,0,2020-12-18T18:16:21Z,73.8,temp,sensorData
,,0,2020-12-18T18:16:31Z,72.7,temp,sensorData
,,0,2020-12-18T18:16:41Z,72.8,temp,sensorData
,,0,2020-12-18T18:16:51Z,73.1,temp,sensorData
"
Write extended annotated CSV data via stdin
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--format csv \
"#constant measurement,sensorData
#datatype dateTime:RFC3339,double
time,temperature
2020-12-18T18:16:11Z,72.7
2020-12-18T18:16:21Z,73.8
2020-12-18T18:16:31Z,72.7
2020-12-18T18:16:41Z,72.8
2020-12-18T18:16:51Z,73.1
"
Write annotated CSV data from a file
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--file path/to/data.csv
Write annotated CSV data from multiple files
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--file path/to/data-1.csv \
--file path/to/data-2.csv
Write annotated CSV data from a URL
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--url https://example.com/data.csv
Write annotated CSV data from multiple URLs
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--url https://example.com/data-1.csv \
--url https://example.com/data-2.csv
Write annotated CSV data from multiple sources
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--file path/to/data-1.csv \
--url https://example.com/data-2.csv
Prepend CSV data with annotation headers
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--header "#constant measurement,birds" \
--header "#datatype dateTime:2006-01-02,long,tag" \
--file path/to/data.csv
Write annotated CSV data from a compressed file
# The influx CLI assumes files with the .gz extension use gzip compression
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--file path/to/data.csv.gz
# Specify gzip compression for gzipped files without the .gz extension
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--file path/to/data.csv.comp \
--compression gzip
Write annotated CSV data using rate limiting
influx write \
--bucket example-bucket \
--file path/to/data.csv \
--rate-limit 5MB/5min
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