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title: InfluxDB client libraries
description: >
  InfluxDB client libraries includes support for Arduino, C#, C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and Ruby.
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    - /influxdb/v1.8/clients/api_client_libraries/
    - /influxdb/v1.8/clients/
    - /influxdb/v1.8/clients/api
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InfluxDB client libraries are language-specific packages that integrate with the InfluxDB 2.0 API and support both **InfluxDB 1.8+** and **InfluxDB 2.0**.

>**Note:** We recommend using the new client libraries on this page to leverage the new read (via Flux) and write APIs and prepare for conversion to InfluxDB 2.0 and InfluxDB Cloud. For more information, see [InfluxDB 2.0 API compatibility endpoints](/influxdb/v1.8/tools/api/#influxdb-2-0-api-compatibility-endpoints). Client libraries for [InfluxDB 1.7 and earlier](/influxdb/v1.7/tools/api_client_libraries/) may continue to work, but are not maintained by InfluxData.

## Client libraries

Functionality varies between client libraries. Refer to client libraries on GitHub for specifics regarding each client library.

### Arduino

- [InfluxDB Arduino Client](https://github.com/tobiasschuerg/InfluxDB-Client-for-Arduino)
  - Contributed by [Tobias Schürg (tobiasschuerg)](https://github.com/tobiasschuerg)

### C\#

- [influxdb-client-csharp](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-csharp)
  - Maintained by [InfluxData](https://github.com/influxdata)

## C++
* [influxdb-cxx](https://github.com/offa/influxdb-cxx)
  * Maintained by [offa](https://github.com/offa)

### Go

- [influxdb-client-go](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-go)
  - Maintained by [InfluxData](https://github.com/influxdata)

### Java

- [influxdb-client-java](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-java)
   - Maintained by [InfluxData](https://github.com/influxdata)

### JavaScript

* [influxdb-javascript](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-js)
   - Maintained by [InfluxData](https://github.com/influxdata)

### PHP

- [influxdb-client-php](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-php)
   - Maintained by [InfluxData](https://github.com/influxdata)

### Python

* [influxdb-client-python](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python)
   - Maintained by [InfluxData](https://github.com/influxdata)

### Ruby

- [influxdb-client-ruby](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-ruby)
   - Maintained by [InfluxData](https://github.com/influxdata)

## Install and use a client library

To install and use the Python client library, follow the [instructions below](#install-and-use-the-python-client-library). To install and use other client libraries, refer to the client library documentation for detail.

### Install and use the Python client library

1. Install the Python client library.

    ```sh
    pip install influxdb-client
    ```

2. Ensure that InfluxDB is running. If running InfluxDB locally, visit http://localhost:8086. (If using InfluxDB Cloud, visit the URL of your InfluxDB Cloud UI.)

3. In your program, import the client library and use it to write data to InfluxDB. For example:

    ```sh
    import influxdb_client
    from influxdb_client.client.write_api import SYNCHRONOUS
    ```

4. Define your database and token variables, and create a client and writer object. The InfluxDBClient object takes 2 parameters: `url` and `token`

    ```sh
    database = "<my-db>"
    token = "<my-token>"
    client = influxdb_client.InfluxDBClient(
    url="http://localhost:8086",
    token=token,
    ```

    > **Note:** The database (and retention policy, if applicable) are converted to a [bucket](https://v2. docs.influxdata.com/v2.0/reference/glossary/#bucket) data store compatible with InfluxDB 2.0.

5. Instantiate a writer object using the client object and the write_api method. Use the `write_api` method to configure the writer object.

    ```sh
    client = influxdb_client.InfluxDBClient(url=url, token=token)
    write_api = client.write_api(write_options=SYNCHRONOUS)
    ```

6. Create a point object and write it to InfluxDB using the write method of the API writer object. The write method requires three parameters: database, (optional) retention policy, and record.

    ```sh
    p = influxdb_client.Point("my_measurement").tag("location", "Prague").field("temperature", 25.3)
    write_api.write(database:rp, record=p)
    ```