docs-v2/content/v2.0/reference/api.md

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InfluxDB v2 API	The InfluxDB v2 API provides a programmatic interface for interactions with InfluxDB. Access the InfluxDB API using the `/api/v2/` endpoint.	v2_0_ref	3	api

The InfluxDB v2 API provides a programmatic interface for interactions with InfluxDB. Access the InfluxDB API using the /api/v2/ endpoint.

Authentication

InfluxDB uses authentication tokens to authorize API requests. Include your authentication token as an Authorization header in each request.

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curl --request POST \
  --url http://localhost:9999/api/v2/write?org=my-org&bucket=example-bucket \
  --header 'Authorization: Token YOURAUTHTOKEN'

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# Use the hostname of your InfluxDB Cloud UI
curl --request POST \
  --url https://us-west-2-1.aws.cloud2.influxdata.com/api/v2/write?org=my-org&bucket=example-bucket \
  --header 'Authorization: Token YOURAUTHTOKEN'

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View InfluxDB v2 API Documentation

InfluxDB v2.0 API documentation

View InfluxDB API documentation locally

InfluxDB API documentation is built into the influxd service and represents the API specific to the current version of InfluxDB. To view the API documentation locally, start InfluxDB and visit the /docs endpoint in a browser (localhost:9999/docs).

InfluxDB client libraries

InfluxDB client libraries are language-specific packages that integrate with the InfluxDB v2 API. For information about supported client libraries, see InfluxDB client libraries.