All data written to Influxdb is using line protocol, which is a text based format.

Line protocol elements:

  • Measurement: a string that identifies the measurement

  • Tag set: comma-separated list of key value pairs

  • Field set: comma-separate list of key value pairs that are unquoted

  • Timestamp: UNIX timestamp representing time since epoch.

    measurement,tag1=val1,tag2=val2 field1=“v1”,field2=1i 0000000000000000000

    measurement,tags, fields timestamp