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The [InfluxDB Python client libary](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python) can be used to integrate InfluxDB into Python scripts and applications. The [InfluxDB Python client libary](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python) can be used to integrate InfluxDB into Python scripts and applications.
This guide is for programmers with some experience with Python and InfluxDB, but perhaps little experience using API libraries. This guide is for programmers who want to use Python to interact with InfluxDB.
It presumes some familiarity with Python and InfluxDB.
If you haven't, go ahead and read the [getting started](/v2.0/get-started/) guide.
## Before you begin ## Before you begin
1. Read the getting started guide. 1. Install the InfluxDB Python library by running.
2. Install Python library.
```sh ```sh
pip install influxdb-client pip install influxdb-client
``` ```
3. Ensure that InfluxDB is running.
2. Ensure that InfluxDB is running.
## Writing data to InfluxDB with Python ## Writing data to InfluxDB with Python
We are going to write a single line of line protocol using the Python library. We are going to write some data in [line protocol](/v2.0/reference/syntax/line-protocol/) using the Python library.
The first line of our program will import the InfluxDB library: The first line of our program will import the InfluxDB library: