influxdb
InfluxDB client
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No, unless you are maintaining a legacy InfluxDB 1.x deployment with no upgrade path. The repository is archived, maintenance is abandoned, and the maintainers explicitly recommend newer client libraries for InfluxDB 2.x and 3.x. For new projects, use influxdb-client-python or the v3 client library instead. For existing 1.x systems, use this only if you cannot upgrade InfluxDB itself.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires a running InfluxDB 1.x instance accessible at the specified host and port; InfluxDB 2.x and 3.x are not compatible with this client.
- Low install friction with stable dependencies, but the repository is archived and maintenance is abandoned as of the fact sheet date.
- The library is explicitly superseded by influxdb-client-python for InfluxDB 2.x and the v3 client library for InfluxDB 3.0; no active security updates are expected.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT License (permissive) — MIT License (permissive) places no restrictions on use, modification, or distribution in commercial or private projects.
last release 2024-04-18 (848 days) · last repo commit 2024-10-29 · 1,693 stars · archived
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 4,281,327 downloads/mo, #2,343 on PyPI
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pip install influxdb
from influxdb import InfluxDBClient
client = InfluxDBClient('localhost', 8086, 'root', 'root', 'example')
client.write_points([{"measurement": "cpu_load", "fields": {"value": 0.64}}])
result = client.query('select value from cpu_load;')- Whether security patches will be backported if vulnerabilities are discovered in dependencies like requests or msgpack.
- Current compatibility with modern Python versions beyond those listed in classifiers (3.4–3.6).
- Whether the package maintainers will accept community contributions or if the repository remains read-only.
What it is and what it does
This is a Python client for InfluxDB 1.x, a distributed time-series database. It provides an HTTP-based interface to create databases, write data points with tags and fields, and execute queries. The library wraps requests to handle authentication, serialization (via msgpack), and timezone conversion (via pytz and python-dateutil).
The package is no longer actively maintained—the repository is archived and the maintainers have explicitly directed InfluxDB 2.x users to use influxdb-client-python and InfluxDB 3.0 users to use the v3 client library instead. It remains available for legacy InfluxDB 1.x deployments but should not be chosen for new projects unless you are locked into InfluxDB 1.x.
Use it for
- Querying and writing metrics to an existing InfluxDB 1.x instance in a legacy application.
- Ingesting time-series data (CPU load, memory usage, application metrics) into InfluxDB 1.x from Python.
- Building monitoring dashboards or reports that pull data from InfluxDB 1.x via Python scripts.
- Migrating data from InfluxDB 1.x to another system by reading points and transforming them.
- Running batch analytics on historical time-series data stored in InfluxDB 1.x.
Worth the install?
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No, unless you are maintaining a legacy InfluxDB 1.x deployment with no upgrade path.
The repository is archived, maintenance is abandoned, and the maintainers explicitly recommend newer client libraries for InfluxDB 2.x and 3.x. For new projects, use influxdb-client-python or the v3 client library instead. For existing 1.x systems, use this only if you cannot upgrade InfluxDB itself.
Install
influxdb on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with stable dependencies, but the repository is archived and maintenance is abandoned as of the fact sheet date. The library is explicitly superseded by influxdb-client-python for InfluxDB 2.x and the v3 client library for InfluxDB 3.0; no active security updates are expected.
Requires a running InfluxDB 1.x instance accessible at the specified host and port; InfluxDB 2.x and 3.x are not compatible with this client.
License in practice
MIT License (permissive) places no restrictions on use, modification, or distribution in commercial or private projects.
Quickstart
pip install influxdb
from influxdb import InfluxDBClient
client = InfluxDBClient('localhost', 8086, 'root', 'root', 'example')
client.write_points([{"measurement": "cpu_load", "fields": {"value": 0.64}}])
result = client.query('select value from cpu_load;')Verify before relying
- Whether security patches will be backported if vulnerabilities are discovered in dependencies like requests or msgpack.
- Current compatibility with modern Python versions beyond those listed in classifiers (3.4–3.6).
- Whether the package maintainers will accept community contributions or if the repository remains read-only.
Package facts
| License | MIT License permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 5 packagespython-dateutilpytzrequestssixmsgpack |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 848 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | repository archived |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 4,281,327 / month, #2,343 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 3 - AlphaIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 2.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Topic :: Software Development :: LibrariesTopic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules |
Evidence: influxdb-5.3.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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