Use the influxdb3 CLI to query data

Use the influxdb3 query command to query data in InfluxDB 3 Core with SQL or InfluxQL.

Provide the following with your command:

• Database name: The name of the database to query. Provide this using one of the following:

  • -d, --database command option
  • INFLUXDB3_DATABASE_NAME environment variable

• Query language (Optional): The query language of the query. Use the -l, --language option to specify one of the following query languages:

  • sql (default)
  • influxql

• Query: SQL or InfluxQL query to execute. Provide the query in one of the following ways:

  • a string
  • the --file option and the path to a file that contains the query
  • from stdin

influxdb3 query \
  --database 
DATABASE_NAME
 \
  "SELECT * FROM home"

influxdb3 query \
  --database 
DATABASE_NAME
 \
  --file ./query.sql

cat ./query.sql | influxdb3 query --database 
DATABASE_NAME

influxdb3 query \
  --language influxql \
  --database 
DATABASE_NAME
 \
  "SELECT * FROM home"

influxdb3 query \
  --language influxql \
  --database 
DATABASE_NAME
 \
  --file ./query.influxql

cat ./query.influxql | influxdb3 query \
  --language influxql \
  --database 
DATABASE_NAME

In the examples above and below, replace the following:

• DATABASE_NAME: Name of the database to query

Output format

The influxdb3 query command supports the following output formats:

• pretty (default)
• json
• jsonl
• csv
• parquet (must output to a file)

Use the --format flag to specify the output format:

influxdb3 query \
  --database 
DATABASE_NAME
 \
  --format json \
  "SELECT * FROM home WHERE time >= '2025-03-28T08:00:00Z' LIMIT 5"

+----+------+-------------+------+---------------------+
| co | hum  | room        | temp | time                |
+----+------+-------------+------+---------------------+
| 0  | 35.9 | Living Room | 21.1 | 2025-03-28T08:00:00 |
| 0  | 35.9 | Kitchen     | 21.0 | 2025-03-28T08:00:00 |
| 0  | 35.9 | Living Room | 21.4 | 2025-03-28T09:00:00 |
| 0  | 36.2 | Kitchen     | 23.0 | 2025-03-28T09:00:00 |
| 0  | 36.0 | Living Room | 21.8 | 2025-03-28T10:00:00 |
+----+------+-------------+------+---------------------+

[{"co":0,"hum":35.9,"room":"Living Room","temp":21.1,"time":"2025-03-28T08:00:00"},{"co":0,"hum":35.9,"room":"Kitchen","temp":21.0,"time":"2025-03-28T08:00:00"},{"co":0,"hum":35.9,"room":"Living Room","temp":21.4,"time":"2025-03-28T09:00:00"},{"co":0,"hum":36.2,"room":"Kitchen","temp":23.0,"time":"2025-03-28T09:00:00"},{"co":0,"hum":36.0,"room":"Living Room","temp":21.8,"time":"2025-03-28T10:00:00"}]

{"co":0,"hum":35.9,"room":"Living Room","temp":21.1,"time":"2025-03-28T08:00:00"}
{"co":0,"hum":35.9,"room":"Kitchen","temp":21.0,"time":"2025-03-28T08:00:00"}
{"co":0,"hum":35.9,"room":"Living Room","temp":21.4,"time":"2025-03-28T09:00:00"}
{"co":0,"hum":36.2,"room":"Kitchen","temp":23.0,"time":"2025-03-28T09:00:00"}
{"co":0,"hum":36.0,"room":"Living Room","temp":21.8,"time":"2025-03-28T10:00:00"}

co,hum,room,temp,time
0,35.9,Living Room,21.1,2025-03-28T08:00:00
0,35.9,Kitchen,21.0,2025-03-28T08:00:00
0,35.9,Living Room,21.4,2025-03-28T09:00:00
0,36.2,Kitchen,23.0,2025-03-28T09:00:00
0,36.0,Living Room,21.8,2025-03-28T10:00:00

Output query results to a Parquet file

To output query results to a Parquet file, provide the following options with the influxdb3 query command:

• --format: parquet
• -o, --output: the filepath to the Parquet file to store results in

influxdb3 query \
  --database 
DATABASE_NAME
 \
  --format parquet \
  --output path/to/results.parquet \
  "SELECT * FROM home WHERE time >= '2025-03-28T08:00:00Z' LIMIT 5"