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title: Develop with the InfluxDB API
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description: Interact with InfluxDB Cloud using a rich API for writing and querying data and more.
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The InfluxDB v2 API provides a programmatic interface for interactions with InfluxDB.
Access the InfluxDB API using the `/api/v2/` endpoint.

## InfluxDB client libraries
InfluxDB client libraries are language-specific packages that integrate with the InfluxDB v2 API.
For information about supported client libraries, see [InfluxDB client libraries](/influxdb/cloud/api-guide/client-libraries/).

## InfluxDB Cloud API documentation
<a class="btn" href="/influxdb/cloud/api/">InfluxDB Cloud API documentation</a>

## InfluxDB v1 compatibility API documentation
The InfluxDB v2 API includes [InfluxDB 1.x compatibility endpoints](/influxdb/cloud/reference/api/influxdb-1x/)
that work with InfluxDB 1.x client libraries and third-party integrations like
[Grafana](https://grafana.com) and others.

<a class="btn" href="/influxdb/cloud/api/v1-compatibility/">View full v1 compatibility API documentation</a>

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