openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: InfluxDB Cloud API Service Authorizations (API tokens) Authorizations (API tokens) Ping API
  version: 2.0.1
  description: 'The InfluxDB v2 API provides a programmatic interface for all interactions with InfluxDB. Access the InfluxDB API using the `/api/v2/` endpoint.

    '
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
servers:
- url: /api/v2
security:
- TokenAuthentication: []
tags:
- name: Ping
paths:
  /ping:
    get:
      operationId: GetPing
      summary: Get the status of the instance
      description: 'Retrieves the status and InfluxDB version of the instance.


        Use this endpoint to monitor uptime for the InfluxDB instance. The response

        returns a HTTP `204` status code to inform you the instance is available.


        #### InfluxDB Cloud


        - Isn''t versioned and doesn''t return `X-Influxdb-Version` in the headers.


        #### Related guides


        - [Influx ping](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/ping/)

        '
      servers:
      - url: ''
      tags:
      - Ping
      responses:
        '204':
          description: 'Success.

            Headers contain InfluxDB version information.

            '
          headers:
            X-Influxdb-Build:
              schema:
                type: string
              description: 'The type of InfluxDB build.

                '
            X-Influxdb-Version:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: "The version of InfluxDB.\n\n#### InfluxDB Cloud\n  - Doesn't return version.\n"
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: Shell
        label: cURL
        source: 'curl --request GET "http://localhost:8086/ping"

          '
    head:
      operationId: HeadPing
      summary: Get the status of the instance
      description: 'Returns the status and InfluxDB version of the instance.


        Use this endpoint to monitor uptime for the InfluxDB instance. The response

        returns a HTTP `204` status code to inform you the instance is available.


        #### InfluxDB Cloud


        - Isn''t versioned and doesn''t return `X-Influxdb-Version` in the headers.


        #### Related guides


        - [Influx ping](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/ping/)

        '
      servers:
      - url: ''
      tags:
      - Ping
      responses:
        '204':
          description: 'Success.

            Headers contain InfluxDB version information.

            '
          headers:
            X-Influxdb-Build:
              schema:
                type: string
              description: The type of InfluxDB build.
            X-Influxdb-Version:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: 'The version of InfluxDB.


                #### InfluxDB Cloud

                - Doesn''t return version.

                '
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: Shell
        label: cURL
        source: 'curl --request HEAD "http://localhost:8086/ping"

          '
components:
  securitySchemes:
    TokenAuthentication:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: "Use the [Token authentication](#section/Authentication/TokenAuthentication)\nscheme to authenticate to the InfluxDB API.\n\nIn your API requests, send an `Authorization` header.\nFor the header value, provide the word `Token` followed by a space and an InfluxDB API token.\nThe word `Token` is case-sensitive.\n\n### Syntax\n\n`Authorization: Token INFLUX_API_TOKEN`\n\n### Example\n\n#### Use Token authentication with cURL\n\nThe following example shows how to use cURL to send an API request that uses Token authentication:\n\n```sh\ncurl --request GET \"INFLUX_URL/api/v2/buckets\" \\\n     --header \"Authorization: Token INFLUX_API_TOKEN\"\n```\n\nReplace the following:\n\n  - *`INFLUX_URL`*: your InfluxDB Cloud URL\n  - *`INFLUX_API_TOKEN`*: your [InfluxDB API token](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/glossary/#token)\n\n### Related endpoints\n\n- [`/authorizations` endpoints](#tag/Authorizations-(API-tokens))\n\n### Related guides\n\n- [Authorize API requests](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/api-guide/api_intro/#authentication)\n- [Manage API tokens](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/security/tokens/)\n"
    BasicAuthentication:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: "### Basic authentication scheme\n\nUse the HTTP Basic authentication scheme for InfluxDB `/api/v2` API operations that support it:\n\n### Syntax\n\n`Authorization: Basic BASE64_ENCODED_CREDENTIALS`\n\nTo construct the `BASE64_ENCODED_CREDENTIALS`, combine the username and\nthe password with a colon (`USERNAME:PASSWORD`), and then encode the\nresulting string in [base64](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Base64).\nMany HTTP clients encode the credentials for you before sending the\nrequest.\n\n_**Warning**: Base64-encoding can easily be reversed to obtain the original\nusername and password. It is used to keep the data intact and does not provide\nsecurity. You should always use HTTPS when authenticating or sending a request with\nsensitive information._\n\n### Examples\n\nIn the examples, replace the following:\n\n- **`EMAIL_ADDRESS`**: InfluxDB Cloud username (the email address the user signed up with)\n- **`PASSWORD`**: InfluxDB Cloud [API token](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/glossary/#token)\n- **`INFLUX_URL`**: your InfluxDB Cloud URL\n\n#### Encode credentials with cURL\n\nThe following example shows how to use cURL to send an API request that uses Basic authentication.\nWith the `--user` option, cURL encodes the credentials and passes them\nin the `Authorization: Basic` header.\n\n```sh\ncurl --get \"INFLUX_URL/api/v2/signin\"\n    --user \"EMAIL_ADDRESS\":\"PASSWORD\"\n```\n\n#### Encode credentials with Flux\n\nThe Flux [`http.basicAuth()` function](https://docs.influxdata.com/flux/v0.x/stdlib/http/basicauth/) returns a Base64-encoded\nbasic authentication header using a specified username and password combination.\n\n#### Encode credentials with JavaScript\n\nThe following example shows how to use the JavaScript `btoa()` function\nto create a Base64-encoded string:\n\n```js\nbtoa('EMAIL_ADDRESS:PASSWORD')\n```\n\nThe output is the following:\n\n```js\n'VVNFUk5BTUU6UEFTU1dPUkQ='\n```\n\nOnce you have the Base64-encoded credentials, you can pass them in the\n`Authorization` header--for example:\n\n```sh\ncurl --get \"INFLUX_URL/api/v2/signin\"\n    --header \"Authorization: Basic VVNFUk5BTUU6UEFTU1dPUkQ=\"\n```\n\nTo learn more about HTTP authentication, see\n[Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) Web Docs, HTTP authentication](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Authentication)._\n"
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  tags:
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  - Supported operations
  - Headers
  - Pagination
  - Response codes
- name: Popular endpoints
  tags:
  - Data I/O endpoints
  - Security and access endpoints
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  tags: []