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title: Identify write methods
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seotitle: Identify methods for writing to your InfluxDB cluster
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description:
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Identify the most appropriate and useful tools and methods for writing data to
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your InfluxDB cluster.
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menu:
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influxdb3_clustered:
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name: Identify write methods
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parent: Optimize your cluster
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weight: 202
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related:
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- /telegraf/v1/
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- /telegraf/v1/plugins/
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- /influxdb3/clustered/write-data/use-telegraf/configure/
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- /influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/
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- /influxdb3/clustered/write-data/best-practices/optimize-writes/
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---
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Many different tools are available for writing data into your InfluxDB cluster.
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Based on your use case, you should identify the most appropriate tools and
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methods to use. Below is a summary of some of the tools that are available
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(this list is not exhaustive).
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## Telegraf
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[Telegraf](/telegraf/v1/) is a data collection agent that collects data from
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various sources, parses the data into
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[line protocol](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/syntax/line-protocol/), and then
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writes the data to InfluxDB.
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Telegraf is plugin-based and provides hundreds of
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[plugins that collect, aggregate, process, and write data](/telegraf/v1/plugins/).
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If you need to collect data from well-established systems and technologies,
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Telegraf likely already supports a plugin for collecting that data.
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Some of the most common use cases are:
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- Monitoring system metrics (memory, CPU, disk usage, etc.)
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- Monitoring Docker containers
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- Monitoring network devices via SNMP
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- Collecting data from a Kafka queue
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- Collecting data from an MQTT broker
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- Collecting data from HTTP endpoints
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- Scraping data from a Prometheus exporter
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- Parsing logs
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For more information about using Telegraf with InfluxDB Clustered, see
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[Use Telegraf to write data to InfluxDB Clustered](/influxdb3/clustered/write-data/use-telegraf/configure/).
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## InfluxDB client libraries
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[InfluxDB client libraries](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/) are
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language-specific packages that integrate with InfluxDB APIs. They simplify
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integrating InfluxDB with your own custom application and standardize
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interactions between your application and your InfluxDB cluster.
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With client libraries, you can collect and write whatever time series data is
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useful for your application.
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InfluxDB Clustered includes backwards compatible write APIs, so if you are
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currently using an InfluxDB v1 or v2 client library, you can continue to use the
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same client library to write data to your cluster.
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{{< expand-wrapper >}}
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{{% expand "View available InfluxDB client libraries" %}}
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<!-- TO-DO: Somehow automate this list -->
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- [InfluxDB 3 client libraries](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v3/)
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- [C# .NET](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v3/csharp/)
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- [Go](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v3/go/)
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- [Java](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v3/java/)
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- [JavaScript](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v3/javascript/)
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- [Python](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v3/python/)
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- [InfluxDB v2 client libraries](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v2/)
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- [Arduino](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v2/arduino/)
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- [C#](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v2/csharp/)
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- [Dart](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v2/dart/)
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- [Go](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v2/go/)
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- [Java](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v2/java/)
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- [JavaScript](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v2/javascript/)
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- [Kotlin](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v2/kotlin/)
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- [PHP](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v2/php/)
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- [Python](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v2/python/)
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- [R](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v2/r/)
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- [Ruby](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v2/ruby/)
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- [Scala](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v2/scala/)
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- [Swift](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v2/swift/)
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- [InfluxDB v1 client libraries](/influxdb3/clustered/reference/client-libraries/v1/)
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{{% /expand %}}
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{{< /expand-wrapper >}}
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## InfluxDB HTTP write APIs
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InfluxDB Clustered provides backwards-compatible HTTP write APIs for writing
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data to your cluster. The [InfluxDB client libraries](#influxdb-client-libraries)
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use these APIs, but if you choose not to use a client library, you can integrate
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directly with the API. Because these APIs are backwards compatible, you can use
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existing InfluxDB API integrations with your InfluxDB cluster.
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- [InfluxDB v2 API for InfluxDB Clustered](/influxdb3/clustered/api/v2/)
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- [InfluxDB v1 API for InfluxDB Clustered](/influxdb3/clustered/api/v1/)
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## Write optimizations
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As you decide on and integrate tooling to write data to your InfluxDB cluster,
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there are things you can do to ensure your write pipeline is as performant as
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possible. The list below provides links to more detailed descriptions of these
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optimizations in the [Optimize writes](/influxdb3/clustered/write-data/best-practices/optimize-writes/)
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documentation:
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- [Batch writes](/influxdb3/clustered/write-data/best-practices/optimize-writes/#batch-writes)
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- [Sort tags by key](/influxdb3/clustered/write-data/best-practices/optimize-writes/#sort-tags-by-key)
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- [Use the coarsest time precision possible](/influxdb3/clustered/write-data/best-practices/optimize-writes/#use-the-coarsest-time-precision-possible)
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- [Use gzip compression](/influxdb3/clustered/write-data/best-practices/optimize-writes/#use-gzip-compression)
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- [Synchronize hosts with NTP](/influxdb3/clustered/write-data/best-practices/optimize-writes/#synchronize-hosts-with-ntp)
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- [Write multiple data points in one request](/influxdb3/clustered/write-data/best-practices/optimize-writes/#write-multiple-data-points-in-one-request)
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- [Pre-process data before writing](/influxdb3/clustered/write-data/best-practices/optimize-writes/#pre-process-data-before-writing)
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{{% note %}}
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[Telegraf](#telegraf) and [InfluxDB client libraries](#influxdb-client-libraries)
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leverage many of these optimizations by default.
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{{% /note %}}
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{{< page-nav prev="/influxdb3/clustered/install/optimize-cluster/design-schema" prevText="Design your schema" next="/influxdb3/clustered/install/optimize-cluster/simulate-load/" nextText="Simulate load" >}}
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