---
title: API Quick Start
seotitle: Use the InfluxDB API
description: Interact with InfluxDB using a rich API for writing and querying data and more.
weight: 3
menu:
  influxdb_v2:
    name: Quick start
    parent: Develop with the API
aliases:
  - /influxdb/v2/tools/api/
influxdb/cloud/tags: [api]
source: /shared/influxdb-v2/api-guide/api_intro.md
---

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