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Pump a sine wave signal as data points into a influxdb database
#!/usr/bin/python
# A little script to send test data to an influxdb installation
# Attention, the non-core library 'requests' is used. You'll need to install it first:
# http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/install/
import json
import math
import requests
import sys
from time import sleep
IP = "192.168.0.2" # The IP of the machine hosting your influxdb instance
DB = "test" # The database to write to, has to exist
USER = "user" # The influxdb user to authenticate with
PASSWORD = "password123" # The password of that user
TIME = 1 # Delay in seconds between two consecutive updates
STATUS_MOD = 5 # The interval in which the updates count will be printed to your console
n = 0
while True:
for d in range(0, 360):
v = "sine_wave value={}".format(math.sin(math.radians(d)))
## without autentication
#r = requests.post("http://{}:8086/write?db={}".format(IP, DB), data=v)
## with autentication
r = requests.post("http://{}:8086/write?db={}".format(IP, DB), auth=(USER, PASSWORD), data=v)
if r.status_code != 204:
print("Failed to add point to influxdb ({}) - aborting.".format(r.status_code))
sys.exit(1)
n += 1
sleep(TIME)
if n % STATUS_MOD == 0:
print('{} points inserted.'.format(n))
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Its working!
Great Job!!

Thank you (also for your guide, its helping great)

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