Use Go to query data

InfluxQL
SQL

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Use the InfluxDB influxdb3-go Go client library package and SQL or InfluxQL to query data stored in InfluxDB. Execute queries and retrieve data over the Flight+gRPC protocol, and then process data using common Go tools.

Get started using Go to query InfluxDB

Get started using Go to query InfluxDB

The following example shows how to use Go with the influxdb3-go module to create a client and query an InfluxDB Clustered database.

Install Go

Follow the Go download and installation instructions to install a recent version of the Go programming language for your system.

Create a Go module directory

Inside of your project directory, create a new module directory and navigate into it.
```
mkdir influxdb_go_client && cd $_
```
Enter the following command to initialize a new Go module:
```
go mod init influxdb_go_client
```

Install dependencies

In your terminal, enter the following command to download and install the client library:

go get github.com/InfluxCommunity/influxdb3-go

influxdb3-go *: Provides the influxdb3 package and also installs the Apache arrow module for working with Arrow data returned from queries.

With the dependencies installed, you’re ready to query and analyze data stored in an InfluxDB database.

Execute a query

The following examples show how to create an InfluxDB client, use client query methods to select all fields in a measurement, and then access query result data and metadata.

In your influxdb_go_client module directory, create a file named query.go and enter one of the following samples to query using SQL or InfluxQL.

Replace the following configuration values in the sample code:

DATABASE_NAME: the name of the database to query
DATABASE_TOKEN: a database token with read permission on the specified database

SQL InfluxQL

Query using SQL

// query.go
package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "os"
    "text/tabwriter"
    "time"

    "github.com/InfluxCommunity/influxdb3-go/influxdb3"
    "github.com/apache/arrow/go/v13/arrow"
)

func Query() error {

    // Instantiate the client.
    client, err := influxdb3.New(influxdb3.ClientConfig{
        Host:       "https://cluster-host.com",
        Token:      "DATABASE_TOKEN
",
        Database:   "DATABASE_NAME
",
    })

    defer func(client *influxdb3.Client) {
        err := client.Close()
        if err != nil {
            panic(err)
        }
    }(client)

    query := `SELECT *
        FROM home
        WHERE time >= '2022-01-02T08:00:00Z'
        AND time <= '2022-01-02T20:00:00Z'`

    // Example 1: Query data and then read the schema and all data in the result stream.
    iterator, err := client.Query(context.Background(), query)

    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Read all data in the stream:")
    data, err := iterator.Raw().Reader.Read()
    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, data)

    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    // Example 2: Query data, view the result schema, and then process result data by row.
    iterator2, err = client.Query(context.Background(), query)
    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "View the query result schema:")
    schema := iterator2.Raw().Reader.Schema()
    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, schema)

    w := tabwriter.NewWriter(io.Discard, 4, 4, 1, ' ', 0)
    w.Init(os.Stdout, 0, 8, 0, '\t', 0)

    fmt.Fprintln(w, "Process each row as key-value pairs:")
    for iterator2.Next() {
        row := iterator2.Value()
        // Use Go arrow and time packages to format unix timestamp
        // as a time with timezone layout (RFC3339)
        time := (row["time"].(arrow.Timestamp)).
            ToTime(arrow.TimeUnit(arrow.Nanosecond)).
            Format(time.RFC3339)
        fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%d\t%.1f\t%.1f\n",
            time, row["room"], row["co"], row["hum"], row["temp"])
    }
    w.Flush()
}

The sample code does the following:

Defines a main package for your module and imports packages you’ll use in your code.
Defines a Query() function.
Instantiates the influxdb3 client with InfluxDB credentials and assigns it to a client variable.
Defines a deferred function that closes the client when Query() has finished executing.
Defines an SQL query to execute.
Calls the client’s Query(ctx context.Context, query string) method and passes the SQL string as the query argument. Query() returns the following:
- *influxdb3.QueryIterator: A custom iterator for reading data from the query result stream.
- error: A Flight request error.

Query using InfluxQL

// query.go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "os"
    "text/tabwriter"
    "time"

    "github.com/InfluxCommunity/influxdb3-go/influxdb3"
    "github.com/apache/arrow/go/v13/arrow"
)

func InfluxQL() error {

    // Instantiate the client.
    client, err := influxdb3.New(influxdb3.ClientConfig{
        Host:       "https://cluster-host.com",
        Token:      "DATABASE_TOKEN
",
        Database:   "DATABASE_NAME
",
    })

    defer func(client *influxdb3.Client) {
        err := client.Close()
        if err != nil {
            panic(err)
        }
    }(client)

    query := `SELECT *
        FROM home
        WHERE time >= 1641124000s
        AND time <= 1641124000s + 8h`

    queryOptions := influxdb3.QueryOptions{
        QueryType: influxdb3.InfluxQL,
    }

    // Example 1: Query data and then read the schema and all data in the result stream.
    iterator, err := client.QueryWithOptions(context.Background(), &queryOptions, query)

    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Read all data in the stream:")
    data, err := iterator.Raw().Reader.Read()
    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, data)

    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    // Example 2: Query data, view the result schema, and then process result data row by row.
    iterator2, err = client.QueryWithOptions(context.Background(), &queryOptions, query)

    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "View the query result schema:")
    schema := iterator2.Raw().Reader.Schema()
    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, schema)

    w := tabwriter.NewWriter(io.Discard, 4, 4, 1, ' ', 0)
    w.Init(os.Stdout, 0, 8, 0, '\t', 0)

    fmt.Fprintln(w, "Process each row as key-value pairs:")
    for iterator2.Next() {
        row := iterator2.Value()
        // Use Go arrow and time packages to format unix timestamp
        // as a time with timezone layout (RFC3339)
        time := (row["time"].(arrow.Timestamp)).
            ToTime(arrow.TimeUnit(arrow.Nanosecond)).
            Format(time.RFC3339)
        fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%d\t%.1f\t%.1f\n",
            time, row["room"], row["co"], row["hum"], row["temp"])
    }
    w.Flush()
}

The sample code does the following:

Defines a main package for your module and imports packages you’ll use in your code.
Defines a Query() function.
Instantiates the influxdb3 client with InfluxDB credentials and assigns it to a client variable.
Defines a deferred function that closes the client when Query() has finished executing.
Defines an InfluxQL query to execute.
Calls the following client method:

QueryWithOptions(ctx context.Context, options *QueryOptions, query string)

and passes the following arguments:
- options: A QueryOptions struct with the QueryType property set to influxdb3.InfluxQL.
- query: A string. The SQL or InfluxQL query to execute. QueryWithOptions returns the following:
  - *influxdb3.QueryIterator: A custom iterator that provides access to query result data and metadata.
  - error: A Flight request error.

Run the example

In your influxdb_go_client module directory, create a file named main.go.
In main.go, enter the following sample code to define a main() executable function that calls the Query() function:
```
package main

func main() {
  Query()
}
```
In your terminal, enter the following command to install the necessary packages, build the module, and run the program:
```
go build && go run influxdb_go_client
```
The program executes the main() function that writes the data and prints the query results to the console.

Flight client query flight go sql influxql

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