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title: Processing engine and Python plugins
description: |
  Use the InfluxDB 3 Processing engine with Python to trigger and execute custom
  code on different events in an {{< product-name >}} instance.
menu:
  influxdb3_enterprise:
    name: Processing engine and Python plugins
weight: 4
influxdb3/enterprise/tags: [processing engine, python]
related:
- /influxdb3/enterprise/reference/cli/influxdb3/test/wal_plugin/ 
- /influxdb3/enterprise/reference/cli/influxdb3/create/trigger/
source: /shared/v3-core-plugins/_index.md
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