openapi: 3.0.0
info:
title: Complete InfluxDB Cloud Authorizations (API tokens) Authorizations (API tokens) Write API
description: 'Create and manage authorizations (API tokens).
An _authorization_ contains a list of `read` and `write`
permissions for organization resources and provides an API token for authentication.
An authorization belongs to an organization and only contains permissions for that organization.
We recommend the following for managing your tokens:
- Create a generic user to create and manage tokens for writing data.
- Store your tokens in a secure password vault for future access.
### User sessions with authorizations
Optionally, when creating an authorization, you can scope it to a specific user.
If the user signs in with username and password, creating a _user session_,
the session carries the permissions granted by all the user''s authorizations.
For more information, see [how to assign a token to a specific user](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/security/tokens/create-token/).
To create a user session, use the [`POST /api/v2/signin` endpoint](#operation/PostSignin).
### Related endpoints
- [Signin](#tag/Signin)
- [Signout](#tag/Signout)
### Related guides
- [Authorize API requests](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/api-guide/api_intro/#authentication)
- [Manage API tokens](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/security/tokens/)
- [Assign a token to a specific user](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/security/tokens/create-token/)
'
servers:
- url: ''
security:
- TokenAuthentication: []
tags:
- description: 'Write time series data to [buckets](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/glossary/#bucket).
'
name: Write
paths:
/api/v2/write:
post:
description: "Writes data to a bucket.\n\nUse this endpoint to send data in [line protocol](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/syntax/line-protocol/) format to InfluxDB.\n\n#### InfluxDB Cloud\n\n- Does the following when you send a write request:\n\n 1. Validates the request and queues the write.\n 2. If queued, responds with _success_ (HTTP `2xx` status code); _error_ otherwise.\n 3. Handles the delete asynchronously and reaches eventual consistency.\n\n To ensure that InfluxDB Cloud handles writes and deletes in the order you request them,\n wait for a success response (HTTP `2xx` status code) before you send the next request.\n\n Because writes and deletes are asynchronous, your change might not yet be readable\n when you receive the response.\n\n#### InfluxDB OSS\n\n- Validates the request and handles the write synchronously.\n- If all points were written successfully, responds with HTTP `2xx` status code;\n otherwise, returns the first line that failed.\n\n#### Required permissions\n\n- `write-buckets` or `write-bucket BUCKET_ID`.\n\n *`BUCKET_ID`* is the ID of the destination bucket.\n\n#### Rate limits (with InfluxDB Cloud)\n\n`write` rate limits apply.\nFor more information, see [limits and adjustable quotas](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/account-management/limits/).\n\n#### Related guides\n\n- [Write data with the InfluxDB API](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/write-data/developer-tools/api)\n- [Optimize writes to InfluxDB](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/write-data/best-practices/optimize-writes/)\n- [Troubleshoot issues writing data](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/write-data/troubleshoot/)\n"
operationId: PostWrite
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/TraceSpan'
- description: 'The compression applied to the line protocol in the request payload.
To send a GZIP payload, pass `Content-Encoding: gzip` header.
'
in: header
name: Content-Encoding
schema:
default: identity
description: 'Content coding.
Use `gzip` for compressed data or `identity` for unmodified, uncompressed data.
'
enum:
- gzip
- identity
type: string
- description: 'The format of the data in the request body.
To send a line protocol payload, pass `Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8`.
'
in: header
name: Content-Type
schema:
default: text/plain; charset=utf-8
description: '`text/plain` is the content type for line protocol. `UTF-8` is the default character set.
'
enum:
- text/plain
- text/plain; charset=utf-8
type: string
- description: 'The size of the entity-body, in bytes, sent to InfluxDB.
If the length is greater than the `max body` configuration option,
the server responds with status code `413`.
'
in: header
name: Content-Length
schema:
description: The length in decimal number of octets.
type: integer
- description: "The content type that the client can understand.\nWrites only return a response body if they fail--for example,\ndue to a formatting problem or quota limit.\n\n#### InfluxDB Cloud\n\n - Returns only `application/json` for format and limit errors.\n - Returns only `text/html` for some quota limit errors.\n\n#### InfluxDB OSS\n\n - Returns only `application/json` for format and limit errors.\n\n#### Related guides\n\n- [Troubleshoot issues writing data](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/write-data/troubleshoot/)\n"
in: header
name: Accept
schema:
default: application/json
description: Error content type.
enum:
- application/json
type: string
- description: "An organization name or ID.\n\n#### InfluxDB Cloud\n\n- Doesn't use the `org` parameter or `orgID` parameter.\n- Writes data to the bucket in the organization\n associated with the authorization (API token).\n\n#### InfluxDB OSS\n\n- Requires either the `org` parameter or the `orgID` parameter.\n- If you pass both `orgID` and `org`, they must both be valid.\n- Writes data to the bucket in the specified organization.\n"
in: query
name: org
required: true
schema:
description: The organization name or ID.
type: string
- description: "An organization ID.\n\n#### InfluxDB Cloud\n\n- Doesn't use the `org` parameter or `orgID` parameter.\n- Writes data to the bucket in the organization\n associated with the authorization (API token).\n\n#### InfluxDB OSS\n\n- Requires either the `org` parameter or the `orgID` parameter.\n- If you pass both `orgID` and `org`, they must both be valid.\n- Writes data to the bucket in the specified organization.\n"
in: query
name: orgID
schema:
type: string
- description: 'A bucket name or ID.
InfluxDB writes all points in the batch to the specified bucket.
'
in: query
name: bucket
required: true
schema:
description: The bucket name or ID.
type: string
- description: The precision for unix timestamps in the line protocol batch.
in: query
name: precision
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/WritePrecision'
requestBody:
content:
text/plain:
examples:
plain-utf8:
value: 'airSensors,sensor_id=TLM0201 temperature=73.97038159354763,humidity=35.23103248356096,co=0.48445310567793615 1630424257000000000
airSensors,sensor_id=TLM0202 temperature=75.30007505999716,humidity=35.651929918691714,co=0.5141876544505826 1630424257000000000
'
schema:
format: byte
type: string
description: "In the request body, provide data in [line protocol format](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/syntax/line-protocol/).\n\nTo send compressed data, do the following:\n\n 1. Use [GZIP](https://www.gzip.org/) to compress the line protocol data.\n 2. In your request, send the compressed data and the\n `Content-Encoding: gzip` header.\n\n#### Related guides\n\n- [Best practices for optimizing writes](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/write-data/best-practices/optimize-writes/)\n"
required: true
responses:
'204':
description: 'Success.
#### InfluxDB Cloud
- Validated and queued the request.
- Handles the write asynchronously - the write might not have completed yet.
#### InfluxDB OSS
- Successfully wrote all points in the batch.
#### Related guides
- [How to check for write errors](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/write-data/troubleshoot/)
'
'400':
content:
application/json:
examples:
measurementSchemaFieldTypeConflict:
summary: (Cloud) field type conflict thrown by an explicit bucket schema
value:
code: invalid
message: 'partial write error (2 written): unable to parse ''air_sensor,service=S1,sensor=L1 temperature="90.5",humidity=70.0 1632850122'': schema: field type for field "temperature" not permitted by schema; got String but expected Float'
orgNotFound:
summary: (OSS) organization not found
value:
code: invalid
message: 'failed to decode request body: organization not found'
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LineProtocolError'
description: 'Bad request. The response body contains detail about the error.
InfluxDB returns this error if the line protocol data in the request is malformed.
The response body contains the first malformed line in the data, and indicates what was expected.
For partial writes, the number of points written and the number of points rejected are also included.
For more information, check the `rejected_points` measurement in your `_monitoring` bucket.
#### InfluxDB Cloud
- Returns this error for bucket schema conflicts.
#### InfluxDB OSS
- Returns this error if the `org` parameter or `orgID` parameter doesn''t match an organization.
'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/AuthorizationError'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ResourceNotFoundError'
'413':
content:
application/json:
examples:
dataExceedsSizeLimitOSS:
summary: InfluxDB OSS response
value: '{"code":"request too large","message":"unable to read data: points batch is too large"}
'
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LineProtocolLengthError'
text/html:
examples:
dataExceedsSizeLimit:
summary: InfluxDB Cloud response
value: "\n
413 Request Entity Too Large\n \n 413 Request Entity Too Large
\n
\n nginx\n \n\n"
schema:
type: string
description: "The request payload is too large.\nInfluxDB rejected the batch and did not write any data.\n\n#### InfluxDB Cloud:\n\n - Returns this error if the payload exceeds the 50MB size limit.\n - Returns `Content-Type: text/html` for this error.\n\n#### InfluxDB OSS:\n\n - Returns this error only if the [Go (golang) `ioutil.ReadAll()`](https://pkg.go.dev/io/ioutil#ReadAll) function raises an error.\n - Returns `Content-Type: application/json` for this error.\n"
'429':
description: "Too many requests.\n\n#### InfluxDB Cloud\n\n - Returns this error if a **read** or **write** request exceeds your plan's [adjustable service quotas](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/account-management/limits/#adjustable-service-quotas)\n or if a **delete** request exceeds the maximum [global limit](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/account-management/limits/#global-limits).\n - For rate limits that reset automatically, returns a `Retry-After` header that describes when to try the write again.\n - For limits that can't reset (for example, **cardinality limit**), doesn't return a `Retry-After` header.\n\n Rates (data-in (writes), queries (reads), and deletes) accrue within a fixed five-minute window.\n Once a rate limit is exceeded, InfluxDB returns an error response until the current five-minute window resets.\n\n#### InfluxDB OSS\n\n - Doesn't return this error.\n"
headers:
Retry-After:
description: Non-negative decimal integer indicating seconds to wait before retrying the request.
schema:
format: int32
type: integer
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
'503':
description: "Service unavailable.\n\n- Returns this error if\n the server is temporarily unavailable to accept writes.\n- Returns a `Retry-After` header that describes when to try the write again.\n"
headers:
Retry-After:
description: Non-negative decimal integer indicating seconds to wait before retrying the request.
schema:
format: int32
type: integer
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/GeneralServerError'
summary: Write data
tags:
- Write
components:
responses:
GeneralServerError:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
description: Non 2XX error response from server.
ResourceNotFoundError:
content:
application/json:
examples:
bucket-not-found:
summary: Bucket name not found
value:
code: not found
message: bucket "air_sensor" not found
org-not-found:
summary: Organization name not found
value:
code: not found
message: organization name "my-org" not found
orgID-not-found:
summary: Organization ID not found
value:
code: not found
message: organization not found
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
description: "Not found.\nA requested resource was not found.\nThe response body contains the requested resource type and the name value\n(if you passed it)--for example:\n\n- `\"organization name \\\"my-org\\\" not found\"`\n- `\"organization not found\"`: indicates you passed an ID that did not match\n an organization.\n"
AuthorizationError:
content:
application/json:
examples:
tokenNotAuthorized:
summary: Token is not authorized to access a resource
value:
code: unauthorized
message: unauthorized access
schema:
properties:
code:
description: 'The HTTP status code description. Default is `unauthorized`.
'
enum:
- unauthorized
readOnly: true
type: string
message:
description: A human-readable message that may contain detail about the error.
readOnly: true
type: string
description: "Unauthorized. The error may indicate one of the following:\n\n * The `Authorization: Token` header is missing or malformed.\n * The API token value is missing from the header.\n * The token doesn't have sufficient permissions to write to this organization and bucket.\n"
InternalServerError:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
description: 'Internal server error.
The server encountered an unexpected situation.
'
schemas:
LineProtocolError:
properties:
code:
description: Code is the machine-readable error code.
enum:
- internal error
- not found
- conflict
- invalid
- empty value
- unavailable
readOnly: true
type: string
err:
description: Stack of errors that occurred during processing of the request. Useful for debugging.
readOnly: true
type: string
line:
description: First line in the request body that contains malformed data.
format: int32
readOnly: true
type: integer
message:
description: Human-readable message.
readOnly: true
type: string
op:
description: Describes the logical code operation when the error occurred. Useful for debugging.
readOnly: true
type: string
required:
- code
ErrorCode:
description: code is the machine-readable error code.
enum:
- internal error
- not implemented
- not found
- conflict
- invalid
- unprocessable entity
- empty value
- unavailable
- forbidden
- too many requests
- unauthorized
- method not allowed
- request too large
- unsupported media type
readOnly: true
type: string
WritePrecision:
enum:
- ms
- s
- us
- ns
type: string
LineProtocolLengthError:
properties:
code:
description: Code is the machine-readable error code.
enum:
- invalid
readOnly: true
type: string
message:
description: Human-readable message.
readOnly: true
type: string
required:
- code
- message
Error:
properties:
code:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorCode'
description: code is the machine-readable error code.
enum:
- internal error
- not implemented
- not found
- conflict
- invalid
- unprocessable entity
- empty value
- unavailable
- forbidden
- too many requests
- unauthorized
- method not allowed
- request too large
- unsupported media type
readOnly: true
type: string
err:
description: Stack of errors that occurred during processing of the request. Useful for debugging.
readOnly: true
type: string
message:
description: Human-readable message.
readOnly: true
type: string
op:
description: Describes the logical code operation when the error occurred. Useful for debugging.
readOnly: true
type: string
required:
- code
parameters:
TraceSpan:
description: OpenTracing span context
example:
baggage:
key: value
span_id: '1'
trace_id: '1'
in: header
name: Zap-Trace-Span
required: false
schema:
type: string
securitySchemes:
BasicAuthentication:
description: "### Basic authentication scheme\n\nUse the HTTP Basic authentication scheme for InfluxDB `/api/v2` API operations that support it:\n\n### Syntax\n\n`Authorization: Basic BASE64_ENCODED_CREDENTIALS`\n\nTo construct the `BASE64_ENCODED_CREDENTIALS`, combine the username and\nthe password with a colon (`USERNAME:PASSWORD`), and then encode the\nresulting string in [base64](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Base64).\nMany HTTP clients encode the credentials for you before sending the\nrequest.\n\n_**Warning**: Base64-encoding can easily be reversed to obtain the original\nusername and password. It is used to keep the data intact and does not provide\nsecurity. You should always use HTTPS when authenticating or sending a request with\nsensitive information._\n\n### Examples\n\nIn the examples, replace the following:\n\n- **`EMAIL_ADDRESS`**: InfluxDB Cloud username (the email address the user signed up with)\n- **`PASSWORD`**: InfluxDB Cloud [API token](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/glossary/#token)\n- **`INFLUX_URL`**: your InfluxDB Cloud URL\n\n#### Encode credentials with cURL\n\nThe following example shows how to use cURL to send an API request that uses Basic authentication.\nWith the `--user` option, cURL encodes the credentials and passes them\nin the `Authorization: Basic` header.\n\n```sh\ncurl --get \"INFLUX_URL/api/v2/signin\"\n --user \"EMAIL_ADDRESS\":\"PASSWORD\"\n```\n\n#### Encode credentials with Flux\n\nThe Flux [`http.basicAuth()` function](https://docs.influxdata.com/flux/v0.x/stdlib/http/basicauth/) returns a Base64-encoded\nbasic authentication header using a specified username and password combination.\n\n#### Encode credentials with JavaScript\n\nThe following example shows how to use the JavaScript `btoa()` function\nto create a Base64-encoded string:\n\n```js\nbtoa('EMAIL_ADDRESS:PASSWORD')\n```\n\nThe output is the following:\n\n```js\n'VVNFUk5BTUU6UEFTU1dPUkQ='\n```\n\nOnce you have the Base64-encoded credentials, you can pass them in the\n`Authorization` header--for example:\n\n```sh\ncurl --get \"INFLUX_URL/api/v2/signin\"\n --header \"Authorization: Basic VVNFUk5BTUU6UEFTU1dPUkQ=\"\n```\n\nTo learn more about HTTP authentication, see\n[Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) Web Docs, HTTP authentication](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Authentication)._\n"
scheme: basic
type: http
TokenAuthentication:
description: "Use the [Token authentication](#section/Authentication/TokenAuthentication)\nscheme to authenticate to the InfluxDB API.\n\nIn your API requests, send an `Authorization` header.\nFor the header value, provide the word `Token` followed by a space and an InfluxDB API token.\nThe word `Token` is case-sensitive.\n\n### Syntax\n\n`Authorization: Token INFLUX_API_TOKEN`\n\n### Example\n\n#### Use Token authentication with cURL\n\nThe following example shows how to use cURL to send an API request that uses Token authentication:\n\n```sh\ncurl --request GET \"INFLUX_URL/api/v2/buckets\" \\\n --header \"Authorization: Token INFLUX_API_TOKEN\"\n```\n\nReplace the following:\n\n - *`INFLUX_URL`*: your InfluxDB Cloud URL\n - *`INFLUX_API_TOKEN`*: your [InfluxDB API token](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/glossary/#token)\n\n### Related endpoints\n\n- [`/authorizations` endpoints](#tag/Authorizations-(API-tokens))\n\n### Related guides\n\n- [Authorize API requests](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/api-guide/api_intro/#authentication)\n- [Manage API tokens](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/security/tokens/)\n"
in: header
name: Authorization
type: apiKey
x-tagGroups:
- name: Overview
tags:
- Quick start
- Authentication
- Supported operations
- Headers
- Pagination
- Response codes
- name: Popular endpoints
tags:
- Data I/O endpoints
- Security and access endpoints
- System information endpoints
- name: All endpoints
tags: []