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title: InfluxDB HTTP API
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description: >
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The InfluxDB HTTP API provides a programmatic interface for interactions with InfluxDB, such as writing and querying data,
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and managing resources within an InfluxDB instance.
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Access the InfluxDB API using the `/api/v2/` or InfluxDB v1 endpoints.
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menu:
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influxdb_v2:
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parent: Reference
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name: InfluxDB HTTP API
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weight: 3
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influxdb/v2/tags: [api]
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aliases:
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- /influxdb/v2/concepts/api/
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related:
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- /influxdb/v2/api-guide/api_intro/
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- /influxdb/v2/api-guide/influxdb-1x/
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The InfluxDB HTTP API provides a programmatic interface for interactions such as writing and querying data, and managing resources in {{% product-name %}}.
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Access the InfluxDB HTTP API using the `/api/v2/` endpoint or InfluxDB v1 endpoints
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for {{% product-name %}}
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## InfluxDB v2 API documentation
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<a class="btn" href="/influxdb/v2/api/">InfluxDB {{< current-version >}} API</a>
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{{% oss-only %}}
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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 your version of InfluxDB.
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To view the API documentation locally, [start InfluxDB](/influxdb/v2/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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{{% /oss-only %}}
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## InfluxDB v1 Compatibility API reference documentation
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<a class="btn" href="/influxdb/v2/api/v1-compatibility/">InfluxDB v1 API for {{% product-name %}}</a>
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The InfluxDB HTTP API includes InfluxDB v1 compatibility endpoints
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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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