--- title: Go Flight client description: The Go Flight client integrates with Go scripts and applications to query data stored in InfluxDB. url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/reference/client-libraries/flight/go-flight/ estimated_tokens: 1538 publisher: InfluxData canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/reference/client-libraries/flight/go-flight/ date: '2026-05-01T17:29:03-05:00' lastmod: '2026-05-01T17:29:03-05:00' --- [Apache Arrow for Go](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/arrow/go/v12) integrates with Go scripts and applications to query data stored in InfluxDB. #### Use InfluxDB 3 client libraries We recommend using the [`influxdb3-go` Go client library](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/reference/client-libraries/v3/go/) for integrating InfluxDB 3 with your Go application code. [InfluxDB 3 client libraries](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/reference/client-libraries/v3/) wrap Apache Arrow Flight clients and provide convenient methods for [writing](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/get-started/write/#write-line-protocol-to-influxdb), [querying](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/get-started/query/#execute-an-sql-query), and processing data stored in InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated. Client libraries can query using SQL or InfluxQL. ## Flight SQL client ### Example query using Flight SQL The following example shows how to use the Arrow Flight SQL client for Go to query an InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated database: 1. In your editor, open a new file named `query.go` and enter the following sample code: ``` package main import ( "context" "crypto/x509" "encoding/json" "fmt" "os" "github.com/apache/arrow/go/v14/arrow/flight/flightsql" "google.golang.org/grpc" "google.golang.org/grpc/credentials" "google.golang.org/grpc/metadata" ) func dbQuery(ctx context.Context) error { url := "cluster-id.a.influxdb.io:443" // INFLUX_TOKEN is an environment variable you created for your database READ token token := os.Getenv("INFLUX_TOKEN") database := "get-started" // Create a gRPC transport pool, err := x509.SystemCertPool() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("x509: %s", err) } transport := grpc.WithTransportCredentials(credentials.NewClientTLSFromCert(pool, "")) opts := []grpc.DialOption{ transport, } // Create query client client, err := flightsql.NewClient(url, nil, nil, opts...) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("flightsql: %s", err) } ctx = metadata.AppendToOutgoingContext(ctx, "authorization", "Bearer "+token) ctx = metadata.AppendToOutgoingContext(ctx, "database", database) // Execute query query := `SELECT * FROM home WHERE time >= '2022-01-01T08:00:00Z' AND time <= '2022-01-01T20:00:00Z'` info, err := client.Execute(ctx, query) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("flightsql flight info: %s", err) } reader, err := client.DoGet(ctx, info.Endpoint[0].Ticket) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("flightsql do get: %s", err) } // Print results as JSON for reader.Next() { record := reader.Record() b, err := json.MarshalIndent(record, "", " ") if err != nil { return err } fmt.Println("RECORD BATCH") fmt.Println(string(b)) if err := reader.Err(); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("flightsql reader: %s", err) } } return nil } func main() { if err := dbQuery(context.Background()); err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %v\n", err) os.Exit(1) } } ``` The sample does the following: 1. Imports the following packages: * `context` * `crypto/x509` * `encoding/json` * `fmt` * `os` * `github.com/apache/arrow/go/v14/arrow/flight/flightsql` * `google.golang.org/grpc` * `google.golang.org/grpc/credentials` * `google.golang.org/grpc/metadata` 2. Creates a `dbQuery` function that does the following: 1. Defines variables for InfluxDB credentials. * **`url`**: InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated cluster hostname and port (`:443`) *(no protocol)* * **`database`**: the name of the InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated database to query * **`token`**: a [database token](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/get-started/setup/#create-an-all-access-api-token) with read permission on the specified database.*For security reasons, we recommend setting this as an environment variable rather than including the raw token string.* 2. Defines an `opts` options list that includes a gRPC transport for communicating with InfluxDB over the *gRPC+TLS* protocol. 3. Calls the `flightsql.NewClient()` method with `url` and `opts` to create a new Flight SQL client. 4. Appends the following InfluxDB credentials as key-value pairs to the outgoing context: * **`authorization`**: Bearer \ * **`database`**: Database name 5. Defines the SQL query to execute. 6. Calls the `client.execute()` method to send the query request. 7. Calls the `client.doGet()` method with the *ticket* from the query response to retrieve result data from the endpoint. 8. Creates a reader to read the Arrow table returned by the endpoint and print the results as JSON. 3. Creates a `main` module function that executes the `dbQuery` function. 2. Enter the following commands to install all the necessary packages and run the program to query InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated: ``` go get ./... go run ./query.go ``` [](#view-program-output) View program output ```text RECORD BATCH [ { "co": 0, "hum": 35.9, "room": "Kitchen", "temp": 21, "time": "2022-01-01 08:00:00" }, { "co": 0, "hum": 36.2, "room": "Kitchen", "temp": 23, "time": "2022-01-01 09:00:00" }, { "co": 0, "hum": 36.1, "room": "Kitchen", "temp": 22.7, "time": "2022-01-01 10:00:00" }, { "co": 0, "hum": 36, "room": "Kitchen", "temp": 22.4, "time": "2022-01-01 11:00:00" }, { "co": 0, "hum": 36, "room": "Kitchen", "temp": 22.5, "time": "2022-01-01 12:00:00" }, ... ] ``` For more information, see the [Go Arrow Flight Client documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/arrow/go/v14/arrow/flight#Client). #### Related * [Go client library for InfluxDB 3](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/reference/client-libraries/v3/go/)