node-influx

An InfluxDB Node.js Client

Installation

npm install influx

Usage

Create a client instance (database not required for all methods):

var influx = require('influx');
var client = influx(host, port, username, password, database);

Functions

###createDatabase Creates a new database - requires cluster admin privileges

createDatabase(databaseName, callback) { }

###deleteDatabase Deletes a database - requires cluster admin privileges

deleteDatabase(databaseName, callback) { }

###getDatabaseNames Returns array of database names - requires cluster admin privileges

getDatabaseNames(function(err,arrayDatabaseNames){}) { }

###getSeriesNames Returns array of series names from given database - requires database admin privileges

getSeriesNames(databaseName, function(err,arraySeriesNames){} ) { }

###createUser Creates a new database user - requires cluster admin privileges

createUser(databaseName, username, password, callback) { }

###writePoint Writes a point to a series - requires database user privileges

var point = { attr : value, time : new Date()};
writePoint(seriesName, point, options, callback) { }

###writePoints Writes multiple point to a series - requires database user privileges

var points = [ {attr : value, time : new Date()}, {attr : value2, time : new Date()}];
writePoint(seriesName, points, options, callback) { }

###writeSeries Writes multiple point to multiple series - requires database user privileges

var points = [ {attr : value, time : new Date()}, {attr : value2, time : new Date()}];
var points2 = [ {attr : value, time : new Date()}, {attr : value2, time : new Date()}];

var series = {
    series_name_one : points,
    series_name_two : points2
};

writeSeries(series, options, callback) { }

Please note that there's a POST limit at about 2MB per request. Do not submit too many points at once.

###query Queries the database - requires database user privileges

var query = 'SELECT MEDIAN(column) FROM myseries WHERE time > now() - 24h';
query(query, callback) { }


query(query, callback) { }

###readPoints Reads points from a database - requires database user privileges

readPoints(query, callback) { }

*readPoints() has been replaced with query(), please upgrade *

As Jeff Atwood puts it... Read the source, Luke. If you're still stuck, read the ./examples/* files and the ./test.js file.

Licence

MIT