beckettsean

fieldlong value="this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length  this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length  this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length  this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length  this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length  this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length  this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length  this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in  length  this  string  is  exactly  a power of  two  digits  in

beckettsean

## Writing data using the HTTP API
The HTTP API is the primary means of getting data into InfluxDB. To write data simply send a `POST` to the endpoint `/write`. The body of the POST contains the destination database, retention policy, and time-series data you wish to store. An example request sent to InfluxDB running on localhost, which writes a single point, is shown below.

```
# Create your new database, this only needs to be done once.
curl -G http://localhost:8086/query --data-urlencode "q=CREATE DATABASE mydb"

# Write your data to your new database.
curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:8086/write' -d '
{

beckettsean

sean@catalyst-sean:~/.influxdb/data$ ll -R *
_internal:
total 0
drwx------  5 sean  staff  170 Feb 23 16:00 monitor

_internal/monitor:
total 65664
-rw-r--r--  1 sean  staff  16777216 Feb 23 16:37 1263
-rw-r--r--  1 sean  staff  16777216 Feb 23 16:37 1264
-rw-r--r--  1 sean  staff     65536 Feb 23 16:37 1265