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title: InfluxDB HTTP API
description: >
  The InfluxDB HTTP API provides a programmatic interface for interactions with InfluxDB, such as writing and querying data,
  and managing resources within an InfluxDB instance.
  Access the InfluxDB API using the `/api/v2/` or InfluxDB v1 endpoints.
menu:
  influxdb_v2:
    parent: Reference
    name: InfluxDB HTTP API
weight: 3
influxdb/v2/tags: [api]
aliases:
  - /influxdb/v2/concepts/api/
related:
  - /influxdb/v2/api-guide/api_intro/
  - /influxdb/v2/api-guide/influxdb-1x/
source: /shared/influxdb-v2/reference/api/_index.md
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