influx write

  • influx CLI 2.0.0+
  • InfluxDB 2.0.0+
  • Updated in CLI v2.0.5

The influx write command writes data to InfluxDB via stdin or from a specified file. Write data using line protocol, annotated CSV, or extended annotated CSV. If you write CSV data, CSV annotations determine how the data translates into line protocol.

Usage

1. influx write [flags]
2. influx write [command]

Required data

To write data to InfluxDB, you must provide the following for each row:

  • measurement
  • field
  • value

Line protocol

In line protocol, the structure of the line data determines the measurement, field, and value.

Annotated CSV

In annotated CSV, measurements, fields, and values are represented by the _measurement, _field, and _value columns. Their types are determined by CSV annotations. To successfully write annotated CSV to InfluxDB, include all annotation rows.

Extended annotated CSV

In extended annotated CSV, measurements, fields, and values and their types are determined by CSV annotations.

Subcommands

Subcommand Description
dryrun Write to stdout instead of InfluxDB

Flags

Flag Description Input type Maps to ?
-c —active-config CLI configuration to use for command string
-b —bucket Bucket name (mutually exclusive with —bucket-id) string INFLUX_BUCKET_NAME
—bucket-id Bucket ID (mutually exclusive with —bucket) string INFLUX_BUCKET_ID
—configs-path Path to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs) string INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
—compression Input compression (none or gzip, default is none unless input file ends with .gz.) string
—debug Output errors to stderr
—encoding Character encoding of input (default UTF-8) string
—errors-file Path to a file used for recording rejected row errors string
-f —file File to import stringArray
—format Input format (lp or csv, default lp) string
—header Prepend header line to CSV input data string
-h —help Help for the write command
—host HTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086) string INFLUX_HOST
—max-line-length Maximum number of bytes that can be read for a single line (default 16000000) integer
-o —org Organization name (mutually exclusive with —org-id) string INFLUX_ORG
—org-id Organization ID (mutually exclusive with —org) string INFLUX_ORG_ID
-p —precision Precision of the timestamps (default ns) string INFLUX_PRECISION
—rate-limit Throttle write rate (examples: 5MB/5min or 1MB/s). string
—skip-verify Skip TLS certificate verification INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
—skipHeader Skip first n rows of input data integer
—skipRowOnError Output CSV errors to stderr, but continue processing
-t —token API token string INFLUX_TOKEN
-u —url URL to import data from stringArray

Examples

Authentication credentials

The examples below assume your InfluxDB host, organization, and token are provided by either the active influx CLI configuration or by environment variables (INFLUX_HOST, INFLUX_ORG, and INFLUX_TOKEN). If you do not have a CLI configuration set up or the environment variables set, include these required credentials for each command with the following flags:

  • --host: InfluxDB host
  • -o, --org or --org-id: InfluxDB organization name or ID
  • -t, --token: InfluxDB API token
Write line protocol
Write CSV data

Line protocol

Write line protocol via stdin
1. influx write --bucket example-bucket "
2. m,host=host1 field1=1.2,field2=5i 1640995200000000000
3. m,host=host2 field1=2.4,field2=3i 1640995200000000000
4. "
Write line protocol from a file
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --file path/to/line-protocol.txt
Skip header lines in a file
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --file path/to/line-protocol.txt
4. --skipHeader 8
Write line protocol from multiple files
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --file path/to/line-protocol-1.txt \
4. --file path/to/line-protocol-2.txt
Write line protocol from a URL
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --url https://example.com/line-protocol.txt
Write line protocol from multiple URLs
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --url https://example.com/line-protocol-1.txt \
4. --url https://example.com/line-protocol-2.txt
Write line protocol from multiple sources
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --file path/to/line-protocol-1.txt \
4. --url https://example.com/line-protocol-2.txt
Write line protocol from a compressed file
1. # The influx CLI assumes files with the .gz extension use gzip compression
2. influx write \
3. --bucket example-bucket \
4. --file path/to/line-protocol.txt.gz

6. # Specify gzip compression for gzipped files without the .gz extension
7. influx write \
8. --bucket example-bucket \
9. --file path/to/line-protocol.txt.comp \
10. --compression gzip

CSV

Write annotated CSV data via stdin
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --format csv \
4. "#group,false,false,false,false,true,true
5. #datatype,string,long,dateTime:RFC3339,double,string,string
6. #default,_result,,,,,
7. ,result,table,_time,_value,_field,_measurement
8. ,,0,2020-12-18T18:16:11Z,72.7,temp,sensorData
9. ,,0,2020-12-18T18:16:21Z,73.8,temp,sensorData
10. ,,0,2020-12-18T18:16:31Z,72.7,temp,sensorData
11. ,,0,2020-12-18T18:16:41Z,72.8,temp,sensorData
12. ,,0,2020-12-18T18:16:51Z,73.1,temp,sensorData
13. "
Write extended annotated CSV data via stdin
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --format csv \
4. "#constant measurement,sensorData
5. #datatype dateTime:RFC3339,double
6. time,temperature
7. 2020-12-18T18:16:11Z,72.7
8. 2020-12-18T18:16:21Z,73.8
9. 2020-12-18T18:16:31Z,72.7
10. 2020-12-18T18:16:41Z,72.8
11. 2020-12-18T18:16:51Z,73.1
12. "
Write annotated CSV data from a file
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --file path/to/data.csv
Write annotated CSV data from multiple files
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --file path/to/data-1.csv \
4. --file path/to/data-2.csv
Write annotated CSV data from a URL
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --url https://example.com/data.csv
Write annotated CSV data from multiple URLs
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --url https://example.com/data-1.csv \
4. --url https://example.com/data-2.csv
Write annotated CSV data from multiple sources
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --file path/to/data-1.csv \
4. --url https://example.com/data-2.csv
Prepend CSV data with annotation headers
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --header "#constant measurement,birds" \
4. --header "#datatype dateTime:2006-01-02,long,tag" \
5. --file path/to/data.csv
Write annotated CSV data from a compressed file
1. # The influx CLI assumes files with the .gz extension use gzip compression
2. influx write \
3. --bucket example-bucket \
4. --file path/to/data.csv.gz

6. # Specify gzip compression for gzipped files without the .gz extension
7. influx write \
8. --bucket example-bucket \
9. --file path/to/data.csv.comp \
10. --compression gzip
Write annotated CSV data using rate limiting
1. influx write \
2. --bucket example-bucket \
3. --file path/to/data.csv \
4. --rate-limit 5MB/5min

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