---
title: prometheus.scrape() function
description: >
  The `prometheus.scrape()` function retrieves Prometheus-formatted metrics
  from a specified URL.
aliases:
  - /influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/experimental/prometheus/scrape/
  - /influxdb/cloud/reference/flux/stdlib/experimental/prometheus/scrape/
menu:
  flux_0_x_ref:
    name: prometheus.scrape
    parent: prometheus
weight: 401
flux/v0.x/tags: [inputs]
related:
  - /{{< latest "influxdb" >}}/write-data/no-code/scrape-data/scrapable-endpoints/
introduced: 0.50.0
---

The `prometheus.scrape()` function retrieves [Prometheus-formatted metrics](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats/)
from a specified URL.
The function groups metrics (including histogram and summary values) into individual tables.

{{< keep-url >}}
```js
import "experimental/prometheus"

prometheus.scrape(
    url: "http://localhost:8086/metrics"
)
```

## Parameters

### url {data-type="string"}
The URL to scrape Prometheus-formatted metrics from.

## Examples

### Scrape Prometheus metrics and write them to InfluxDB
```js
import "experimental/prometheus"

prometheus.scrape(url: "https://example-url.com/metrics")
    |> to(org: "example-org", bucket: "example-bucket")
```