Use the v3 write_lp API to write data

Use the /api/v3/write_lp endpoint to write data to InfluxDB 3 Enterprise.

This endpoint accepts the same line protocol syntax as previous versions of InfluxDB, and supports the following:

Query parameters

• ?accept_partial=<BOOLEAN>: Accept or reject partial writes (default is true).

• ?no_sync=<BOOLEAN>: Control when writes are acknowledged:

  • no_sync=true: Acknowledges writes before WAL persistence completes.
  • no_sync=false: Acknowledges writes after WAL persistence completes (default).

• ?precision=<PRECISION>: Specify the precision of the timestamp. By default, InfluxDB 3 Enterprise uses the timestamp magnitude to auto-detect the precision (auto). To avoid any ambiguity, you can specify the precision of timestamps in your data.

  The InfluxDB 3 Enterprise /api/v3/write_lp API endpoint supports the following timestamp precisions:

  • auto (automatic detection, default)
  • nanosecond (nanoseconds)
  • microsecond (microseconds)
  • millisecond (milliseconds)
  • second (seconds)

Auto precision detection

When you use precision=auto (or omit the parameter), InfluxDB 3 Enterprise automatically detects the timestamp precision based on the magnitude of the timestamp value:

• Timestamps < 5e9 → Second precision (multiplied by 1,000,000,000 to convert to nanoseconds)
• Timestamps < 5e12 → Millisecond precision (multiplied by 1,000,000)
• Timestamps < 5e15 → Microsecond precision (multiplied by 1,000)
• Larger timestamps → Nanosecond precision (no conversion needed)

Precision examples

The following examples show how to write data with different timestamp precisions:

# Auto precision (default) - timestamp magnitude determines precision
curl "http://localhost:8181/api/v3/write_lp?db=sensors" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer DATABASE_TOKEN" \
  --data-raw "cpu,host=server1 usage=50.0 1708976567"

# Explicit nanosecond precision
curl "http://localhost:8181/api/v3/write_lp?db=sensors&precision=nanosecond" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer DATABASE_TOKEN" \
  --data-raw "cpu,host=server1 usage=50.0 1708976567000000000"

# Millisecond precision
curl "http://localhost:8181/api/v3/write_lp?db=sensors&precision=millisecond" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer DATABASE_TOKEN" \
  --data-raw "cpu,host=server1 usage=50.0 1708976567000"

# Second precision
curl "http://localhost:8181/api/v3/write_lp?db=sensors&precision=second" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer DATABASE_TOKEN" \
  --data-raw "cpu,host=server1 usage=50.0 1708976567"

Configure gzip compression

The /api/v3/write_lp endpoint supports gzip-encoded request bodies for efficient data transfer.

When sending gzip-compressed data to InfluxDB, include the Content-Encoding: gzip header in your InfluxDB API request.

Multi-member gzip support

InfluxDB 3 Enterprise supports multi-member gzip payloads (concatenated gzip files per RFC 1952). This allows you to:

• Concatenate multiple gzip files and send them in a single request
• Maintain compatibility with InfluxDB v1 and v2 write endpoints
• Simplify batch operations using standard compression tools

Example: Write concatenated gzip files

# Create multiple gzip files
echo "cpu,host=server1 usage=50.0 1708976567" | gzip > batch1.gz
echo "cpu,host=server2 usage=60.0 1708976568" | gzip > batch2.gz

# Concatenate and send in a single request
cat batch1.gz batch2.gz | curl "http://localhost:8181/api/v3/write_lp?db=sensors" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer DATABASE_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Encoding: gzip" \
  --data-binary @-

Request body

• Line protocol

POST /api/v3/write_lp?db=mydb&precision=nanosecond&accept_partial=true&no_sync=false

The following example uses cURL to send a write request using the Home sensor sample data, but you can use any HTTP client.

curl -v "http://localhost:8181/api/v3/write_lp?db=sensors&precision=second" \
  --data-raw "home,room=Living\ Room temp=21.1,hum=35.9,co=0i 1735545600
home,room=Kitchen temp=21.0,hum=35.9,co=0i 1735545600
home,room=Living\ Room temp=21.4,hum=35.9,co=0i 1735549200
home,room=Kitchen temp=23.0,hum=36.2,co=0i 1735549200
home,room=Living\ Room temp=21.8,hum=36.0,co=0i 1735552800
home,room=Kitchen temp=22.7,hum=36.1,co=0i 1735552800
home,room=Living\ Room temp=22.2,hum=36.0,co=0i 1735556400
home,room=Kitchen temp=22.4,hum=36.0,co=0i 1735556400
home,room=Living\ Room temp=22.2,hum=35.9,co=0i 1735560000
home,room=Kitchen temp=22.5,hum=36.0,co=0i 1735560000
home,room=Living\ Room temp=22.4,hum=36.0,co=0i 1735563600
home,room=Kitchen temp=22.8,hum=36.5,co=1i 1735563600
home,room=Living\ Room temp=22.3,hum=36.1,co=0i 1735567200
home,room=Kitchen temp=22.8,hum=36.3,co=1i 1735567200
home,room=Living\ Room temp=22.3,hum=36.1,co=1i 1735570800
home,room=Kitchen temp=22.7,hum=36.2,co=3i 1735570800
home,room=Living\ Room temp=22.4,hum=36.0,co=4i 1735574400
home,room=Kitchen temp=22.4,hum=36.0,co=7i 1735574400
home,room=Living\ Room temp=22.6,hum=35.9,co=5i 1735578000
home,room=Kitchen temp=22.7,hum=36.0,co=9i 1735578000
home,room=Living\ Room temp=22.8,hum=36.2,co=9i 1735581600
home,room=Kitchen temp=23.3,hum=36.9,co=18i 1735581600
home,room=Living\ Room temp=22.5,hum=36.3,co=14i 1735585200
home,room=Kitchen temp=23.1,hum=36.6,co=22i 1735585200
home,room=Living\ Room temp=22.2,hum=36.4,co=17i 1735588800
home,room=Kitchen temp=22.7,hum=36.5,co=26i 1735588800"

• Partial writes
  • Accept partial writes
  • Do not accept partial writes
• Write responses
  • Use no_sync for immediate write responses

Partial writes

The /api/v3/write_lp endpoint lets you accept or reject partial writes using the accept_partial parameter. This parameter changes the behavior of the API when the write request contains invalid line protocol or schema conflicts.

For example, the following line protocol contains two points, each using a different datatype for the temp field, which causes a schema conflict:

home,room=Sunroom temp=96 1735545600
home,room=Sunroom temp="hi" 1735549200

Accept partial writes

With accept_partial=true (default), InfluxDB:

• Accepts and writes line 1
• Rejects line 2
• Returns a 400 Bad Request status code and the following response body:

< HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
...
{
  "error": "partial write of line protocol occurred",
  "data": [
    {
      "original_line": "home,room=Sunroom temp=hi 1735549200",
      "line_number": 2,
      "error_message": "invalid column type for column 'temp', expected iox::column_type::field::float, got iox::column_type::field::string"
    }
  ]
}

Do not accept partial writes

With accept_partial=false, InfluxDB:

• Rejects all points in the batch
• Returns a 400 Bad Request status code and the following response body:

< HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
...
{
  "error": "parsing failed for write_lp endpoint",
  "data": {
    "original_line": "home,room=Sunroom temp=hi 1735549200",
    "line_number": 2,
    "error_message": "invalid column type for column 'temp', expected iox::column_type::field::float, got iox::column_type::field::string"
  }
}

For more information about the ingest path and data flow, see Data durability.

Write responses

By default, InfluxDB 3 Enterprise acknowledges writes after flushing the WAL file to the Object store (occurring every second). For high write throughput, you can send multiple concurrent write requests.

Use no_sync for immediate write responses

To reduce the latency of writes, use the no_sync write option, which acknowledges writes before WAL persistence completes. When no_sync=true, InfluxDB validates the data, writes the data to the WAL, and then immediately responds to the client, without waiting for persistence to the Object store.

• Default behavior (no_sync=false): Waits for data to be written to the Object store before acknowledging the write. Reduces the risk of data loss, but increases the latency of the response.
• With no_sync=true: Reduces write latency, but increases the risk of data loss in case of a crash before WAL persistence.

The following example immediately returns a response without waiting for WAL persistence:

curl "http://localhost:8181/api/v3/write_lp?db=sensors&no_sync=true" \
  --data-raw "home,room=Sunroom temp=96"

Response headers

All HTTP responses from InfluxDB 3 Enterprise include the following standard headers:

cluster-uuid

The cluster-uuid response header contains the catalog UUID of your InfluxDB 3 Enterprise instance. This header is included in all HTTP API responses, including:

• Write requests (/api/v3/write_lp, /api/v2/write, /write)
• Query requests
• Administrative operations
• Authentication failures
• CORS preflight requests

Use cases

The cluster-uuid header enables you to:

• Identify cluster instances: Programmatically determine which InfluxDB instance handled a request
• Monitor deployments: Track requests across multiple InfluxDB instances in load-balanced or multi-cluster environments
• Debug and troubleshooting: Correlate client requests with specific server instances in distributed systems

Example response

curl -v "http://localhost:8181/api/v3/write_lp?db=sensors" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer DATABASE_TOKEN" \
  --data-raw "cpu,host=server1 usage=50.0"

The response headers contain the cluster-uuid:

< HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
< cluster-uuid: 01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef
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