---
title: Prometheus metric parsing formats
description: >
  When scraping [Prometheus-formatted metrics](https://prometheus.io/docs/concepts/data_model/)
  and writing them to InfluxDB Cloud, metrics are parsed and stored in InfluxDB in different formats.
menu:
  influxdb_cloud:
    name: Prometheus metrics
    parent: Reference
weight: 8
influxdb/cloud/tags: [prometheus]
related:
  - https://prometheus.io/docs/concepts/data_model/, Prometheus data model
  - /influxdb/cloud/write-data/developer-tools/scrape-prometheus-metrics/
  - /flux/v0/prometheus/, Work with Prometheus in Flux
  - /telegraf/v1/input-prometheus, Telegraf Prometheus input plugin
  - /flux/v0/stdlib/experimental/prometheus/scrape/
---

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