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Execute queries

Use tools and libraries to query data stored in an InfluxDB Cloud Serverless bucket.

InfluxDB 3 supports the following APIs and languages for querying data:

  • Flight+RPC with SQL or InfluxQL. Use InfluxDB client libraries and Flight+RPC clients to query with SQL or InfluxQL and retrieve data in Arrow in-memory format.
  • Flight SQL with SQL or InfluxQL. Use Flight SQL clients to query with SQL or InfluxQL and retrieve data in Arrow in-memory format.
  • HTTP /query endpoint for InfluxDB v1 compatibility when you bring workloads and code from v1.x to v3. Use the /query endpoint with InfluxQL and tools such as Telegraf, HTTP clients, and InfluxDB v1 client libraries to query and retrieve data in JSON or CSV format.

/api/v2/query endpoint can’t query InfluxDB 3

InfluxDB Cloud Serverless doesn’t support the InfluxDB v2 HTTP /api/v2/query endpoint and isn’t optimized for the Flux query language. Use SQL or InfluxQL to query data stored in InfluxDB 3.

Learn how to connect to InfluxDB and query your data using the following tools:


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New in InfluxDB 3.5

Key enhancements in InfluxDB 3.5 and the InfluxDB 3 Explorer 1.3.

See the Blog Post

InfluxDB 3.5 is now available for both Core and Enterprise, introducing custom plugin repository support, enhanced operational visibility with queryable CLI parameters and manual node management, stronger security controls, and general performance improvements.

InfluxDB 3 Explorer 1.3 brings powerful new capabilities including Dashboards (beta) for saving and organizing your favorite queries, and cache querying for instant access to Last Value and Distinct Value caches—making Explorer a more comprehensive workspace for time series monitoring and analysis.

For more information, check out:

InfluxDB Docker latest tag changing to InfluxDB 3 Core

On November 3, 2025, 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

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