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title: InfluxDB tools
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aliases:
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- influxdb/v1.4/clients/
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- influxdb/v1.4/write_protocols/json/
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menu:
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influxdb_1_4:
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name: Tools
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weight: 60
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---
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This section covers the available tools for interacting with InfluxDB.
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## CLI/Shell
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InfluxDB's Command Line Interface (`influx`) is an interactive shell for the
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HTTP API that comes with every InfluxDB package.
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Use `influx` to write data (manually or from a file), query data interactively,
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and view query output in different formats:
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Go straight to the documentation on:
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* [Launching `influx`](/influxdb/v1.4/tools/shell/#launch-influx)
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* [Writing data with `influx`](/influxdb/v1.4/tools/shell/#write-data-to-influxdb-with-insert)
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## API Reference
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Reference documentation for [InfluxDB's HTTP API](/influxdb/v1.4/tools/api/).
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Go straight to the reference documentation on:
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* [Writing data with the HTTP API](/influxdb/v1.4/tools/api/#write)
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* [Querying data with the HTTP API](/influxdb/v1.4/tools/api/#query)
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For friendlier documentation, see the guides on
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[writing data](/influxdb/v1.4/guides/writing_data/) and
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[querying data](/influxdb/v1.4/guides/querying_data/) with the HTTP API.
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## API client libraries
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The list of [client libraries](/influxdb/v1.4/tools/api_client_libraries/) for interacting with InfluxDB.
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## Influx Inspect
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[Influx Inspect](/influxdb/v1.4/tools/influx_inspect/) is a tool designed to view
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detailed information about on disk shards, as well as export data from a shard to
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line protocol that can be inserted back into the database.
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## Grafana graphs and dashboards
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[Grafana](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/features/datasources/influxdb/)
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is a convenient dashboard tool for visualizing time series data.
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It was originally built for Graphite, modeled after Kibana, and since been updated to support InfluxDB.
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{{% warn %}} Because of the [changes](https://archive.docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v0.11/concepts/010_vs_011/#breaking-api-changes) to the `SHOW SERIES` and `SHOW TAG VALUES` formats in InfluxDB 0.11, InfluxDB 1.3+ will not work with the Query Editor in Grafana 2.6.
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This issue does not affect existing queries and dashboards or users working with Grafana 3.0. {{% /warn %}}
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