influx-api

Influx API

Thin wrapper around Axios HTTP client which works with InfluxDB HTTP API.

Installation

yarn add influx-api

or

npm install --save influx-api

Examples

Simple

Query

Probably simplest possible query which will return database names in JSON format.

import { query } from 'influx-api';

const result = await query({
  url: 'https://yourinflux.test:8086',
  q: 'SHOW DATABASES',
});

console.log(result);

Write

Writing field (field_1) value to selected measurement (measurement_1).

import { write } from 'influx-api';

const result = await write({
  url: 'https://yourinflux.test:8086',
  data: 'measurement_1 field_1=123',
});

console.log(result); // empty string on success

(A little) more complex

Query

Execute on db (influx_db) using selected u (username) and p (password) with given precision (ms) expecting responseType (csv string) as a result.

import { query } from 'influx-api';

const result = await query({
  url: 'https://yourinflux.test:8086',
  q: 'SHOW MEASUREMENTS',
  u: 'username',
  p: 'password',
  db: 'influx_db',
  precision: 'ms',
  responseType: 'csv',
});

console.log(result);

Write

Writing some tags and fields to a measurements (measurement_1, measurement_2) with selected timestamp 1532041200123.

import { write } from 'influx-api';

const result = await write({
  url: 'https://yourinflux.test:8086',
  // NOTE: use of `...` instead of '...' to preserve new lines! (which are important for Line Protocol)
  data: `measurement_1 tag_1=123 field_1=11,field_2=12,field_3=123 1532041200123
measurement_2 tag_1=123 field_1=1,field_2=2,field_3=3 1532041200123`
});

console.log(result); // empty string on success

API

query(params)

params - object with following properties, see official Influx HTTP API query endpoint

• url (string) - (required) Influx URL
• q (string) - (required) Query to execute
• db (string) - (required for most SELECT and SHOW queries) Influx database name
• u (string) - Influx username
• p (string) - Influx password
• epoch (string) - Time precision in query response, available values are: (default) ns, u, ms, s, m, h
• responseType (string) - Response data type, available values are: (default) json, csv, msgpack

write(params)

params - object with following properties, see official Influx HTTP API write endpoint

• url (string) - (required) Influx URL
• db (string) - (required) Influx database name for measurements
• data (string) - InfluxDB Line Protocol compatible string
• u (string) - Influx username
• p (string) - Influx password
• rp (string) - Retention Policy name
• precision (string) - Time precision for time provided in data, available values: (default) ns, u, ms, s, m, h
• consistency (string) - Used in InfluxDB Enterprise to ensure write consistency, available values: (default) one, any, quorum, all

Features

• Uses Basic Authentication headers - never sends authentication credentials as query parameters
• Allows to select prefered responseType - default is JSON but you may also select CSV or MSGPACK if you want
• Supports all Influx Data Types - use Influx Line Protocol format types for writing data e.g. (123i for Integer)
• Follows Influx HTTP API conventions - it uses same parameters notation as official Influx HTTP API and allows you to write points directly in Line Protocol format
• Stateless - like Influx HTTP API itself, there is no need to create any kind of client object
• Ease of use - correct me if I'm wrong :)

WHY?

Most features listed in Features section are unavailable in the most popular node-influx package.

FAQ

Does it have a stable API?

I don't have any plans for changing the API but don't consider it stable until version 1.x.x.

Why arguments has such strage names: u, p etc.?

I want to make it as close as possible to original Influx HTTP API documented on https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.6/tools/api/.

License

MIT

Author

Jan Grzegorowski