All data written to Influxdb is using line protocol, which is a text based format.
Line protocol elements:
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Measurement: a string that identifies the measurement
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Tag set: comma-separated list of key value pairs
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Field set: comma-separate list of key value pairs that are unquoted
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Timestamp: UNIX timestamp representing time since epoch.
measurement,tag1=val1,tag2=val2 field1=“v1”,field2=1i 0000000000000000000
measurement,tags, fields timestamp