Python InfluxDB Script

Question

I wanted to have the following script to document my speedtest data, however I get the following error message:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/pi/speedtest.py", line 35, in client.write_points(speed_data,) AttributeError: 'InfluxDBClient' object has no attribute 'write_points'

What is the correct version of the script?

import re import subprocess from influxdb_client import InfluxDBClient
response = subprocess.Popen('/usr/bin/speedtest --accept-license --accept-gdpr', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read().decode('utf-8')

ping = re.search('Latency:\s+(.*?)\s', response, re.MULTILINE)
download = re.search('Download:\s+(.*?)\s', response, re.MULTILINE)
upload = re.search('Upload:\s+(.*?)\s', response, re.MULTILINE)
jitter = re.search('Latency:.*?jitter:\s+(.*?)ms', response, re.MULTILINE)

ping = ping.group(1)
download = download.group(1)
upload = upload.group(1)
jitter = jitter.group(1)

speed_data = [
    {
        "measurement" : "internet_speed",
        "tags" : {
            "host": "Speedlink"
        },
        "fields" : {
            "download": float(download),
            "upload": float(upload),
            "ping": float(ping),
            "jitter": float(jitter)
        }
    }
]
bucket = "SpeedtestMonitor"

client = InfluxDBClient(url="http://localhost:8086", token="oM8PyToLgv-404hbNvH6BEIldKbSHy6h8WGYQYwSwkz1qrPnJ7brf5aW5sdsdsWtQO7GVou4XQRt51N1p-ozMWw==", org="Schmidt")

client.write_points(speed_data,)

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '23 at 20:36

You are using the InfluxDB2 Python library (influxdb_client.) The InfluxDBClient class does not have a write_points method. Instead you will need to get an instance of write_api and use its write method to perform your write.

So instead of client.write_points(speed_data,) try the following:

write_api = client.write_api(write_options=SYNCHRONOUS)
write_api.write(bucket=bucket, record=speed_data)

See example from InfluxDB docs and write API documentation.

Python InfluxDB Script

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