gistfile1.txt

data = [
...   {
...     "name": "response_times",
...     "columns": ["time", "value"],
...     "points": [
...       [1382819388, 234.3],
...       [1382819389, 120.1],
...       [1382819380, 340.9]
...     ]
...   }
... ]
>>> db.write_points(data)
True
>>> db.query('select value from response_times')
[{u'points': [[1382819389, 20001, 120.1], [1382819388, 10001, 234.3], [1382819380, 30001, 340.9]], u'name': u'response_times', u'columns': [u'time', u'sequence_number', u'value']}]