InfluxDB Has a Free API — Here's How to Build Time-Series Dashboards in Minutes

Why InfluxDB? InfluxDB is the #1 time-series database. Purpose-built for metrics, events, and IoT data with a powerful query language (Flux) and built-in visualization. InfluxDB Cloud free tier: unlimited series, 30-day retention, 5 dashboards, 5 MB/5 min write rate. Getting Started Option 1: InfluxDB Cloud (Free) Sign up at influxdata.com — free forever, no credit card. Option 2: Local (Docker) docker run -d --name influxdb \ -p 8086:8086 \ -e DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_MODE = setup \ -e DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_USERNAME = admin \ -e DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_PASSWORD = password123 \ -e DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ORG = myorg \ -e DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_BUCKET = mybucket \ -e DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ADMIN_TOKEN = my-super-token \ influxdb:latest Python Client from influxdb_client import InfluxDBClient , Point from influxdb_client.client.write_api import SYNCHRONOUS from datetime import datetime , timedelta import random client = InfluxDBClient ( url = " http://localhost:8086 " , token = " my-super-token " , org