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title: InfluxDB v2 API
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description: >
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The InfluxDB v2 API provides a programmatic interface for interactions with InfluxDB.
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Access the InfluxDB API using the `/api/v2/` endpoint.
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menu: influxdb_2_1_ref
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weight: 3
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influxdb/v2.1/tags: [api]
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aliases:
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- /influxdb/v2.1/concepts/api/
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---
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The InfluxDB v2 API provides a programmatic interface for interactions with InfluxDB.
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Access the InfluxDB API using the `/api/v2/` endpoint.
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## InfluxDB v2 API documentation
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<a class="btn" href="/influxdb/v2.1/api/">InfluxDB OSS {{< current-version >}} API documentation</a>
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#### View InfluxDB API documentation locally
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InfluxDB API documentation is built into the `influxd` service and represents
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the API specific to the current version of InfluxDB.
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To view the API documentation locally, [start InfluxDB](/influxdb/v2.1/get-started/#start-influxdb)
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and visit the `/docs` endpoint in a browser ([localhost:8086/docs](http://localhost:8086/docs)).
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## InfluxDB v1 compatibility API documentation
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The InfluxDB v2 API includes [InfluxDB 1.x compatibility endpoints](/influxdb/v2.1/reference/api/influxdb-1x/)
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that work with InfluxDB 1.x client libraries and third-party integrations like
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[Grafana](https://grafana.com) and others.
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<a class="btn" href="/influxdb/v2.1/api/v1-compatibility/">View full v1 compatibility API documentation</a>
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