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title: Line protocol reference
description: >
  InfluxDB 3 Core uses line protocol to write data points.
  It is a text-based format that provides the table, tag set, field set, and timestamp of a data point.
menu:
  influxdb3_core:
    name: Line protocol
    parent: Reference
weight: 101
influxdb3/core/tags: [write, line protocol, syntax]
related:
  - /influxdb3/core/write-data/
aliases:
  - /influxdb3/core/reference/syntax/line-protocol
source: /shared/v3-line-protocol.md
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