InfluxEx

InfluxDB interface for elixir

Installation

If available in Hex, the package can be installed as:

1. Add influx_ex to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

   def deps do [{:influx_ex, "~> 0.0.1"}] end

2. Ensure influx_ex is started before your application:

   def application do [applications: [:influx_ex]] end

Setup

Define a connection module:

defmodule MyApp.InfluxConnection do
  use InfluxEx.Connection, otp_app: :my_app
end

Configure your connection module:

In config.exs (or dev.exs or test.exs...)

config :my_app, MyApp.InfluxConnection,
  base_url: "http://localhost:8086"

Usage

Manage databases:

Creating a database:

MyApp.InfluxConnection.create_db("my_db")

See InfluxEx.Connection for details.

Droping a database:

MyApp.InfluxConnection.drop_db("my_db")

See InfluxEx.Connection for details.

Writing data:

:ok = MyApp.InfluxConnection.write(%{measurement: "cpu",
                             fields: %{load: 0.12},
                             tags: %{host: "web-staging"},
                             time: 12345678},
                           "my_db")

You can also write a list of points in a single query:

points = for i <- 1..2 do
  %{measurement: "cpu",
    fields: %{load: i + 0.12},
    time: i + 12345670}
end
:ok = MyApp.InfluxConnection.write(points, "my_db")

See InfluxEx.Connection for details.

Reading data:

MyApp.InfluxConnection.read("SELECT * FROM cpu", "my_db")
[ok: [
%{series: "cpu",
  points: [
    %{"host" => "web-staging", "load" => 0.12,
    "time" => "2015-11-01T14:26:25.73642475Z"}
  ]}
]]

Because you can potentially run multiple queries in one request, you will get a list back from InfluxConnection.read. This list consists of a {:ok, results} or {:error, message} tuple for each query. results in turn consists of a list of points per series.