Query the Flux version

To return the version of Flux installed with InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI:

1. Click Data Explorer in the left navigation bar.

2. Click Script Editor to manually create and edit a Flux query.

3. Enable the View Raw Data toggle or select one of the following visualization types:

   • Single Stat
   • Table

4. Enter and run the following query:

   import "array"
   import "runtime"
   
   array.from(rows: [{version: runtime.version()}])
   

To return the version of Flux installed with InfluxDB using the influx CLI, use the influx query command. Provide the following:

• InfluxDB host, organization, and API token
  (the example below assumes that a CLI configuration is set up and active)
• Query to execute

$ influx query \
  'import "array"
   import "runtime"

   array.from(rows: [{version: runtime.version()}])'

# Output
Result: _result
Table: keys: []
        version:string
----------------------
              v0.161.0

To return the version of Flux installed with InfluxDB using the InfluxDB API, use the /api/v2/query endpoint.

POST http://localhost:8086/api/v2/query

Provide the following:

• InfluxDB host
• InfluxDB organization name or ID as a query parameter
• Authorization header with the Token scheme and your API token
• Accept: application/csv header
• Content-type: application/vnd.flux header
• Query to execute as the request body

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 'import "array"
    import "runtime"

    array.from(rows: [{version: runtime.version()}])'

# Output
,result,table,version
,_result,0,v0.161.0