I am trying to use the influxdb-python lib which I found here. But I cant even get the tutorial programm to work.

When I run the following example code:

$ python>>> from influxdb import InfluxDBClient>>> json_body = [{"measurement": "cpu_load_short","tags": {"host": "server01","region": "us-west"},"time": "2009-11-10T23:00:00Z","fields": {"value": 0.64}}
]>>> client = InfluxDBClient('localhost', 8086, 'root', 'root', 'example')>>> client.create_database('example')

I get this error message with the last line:

>>> client.create_database('example')
Traceback (most recent call last):File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/influxdb/client.py", line 318, in create_databasestatus_code=201File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/influxdb/client.py", line 124, in requestraise InfluxDBClientError(response.content, response.status_code)
influxdb.client.InfluxDBClientError: 404: 404 page not found

My installed version:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ influx
Visit https://enterprise.influxdata.com to register for updates, InfluxDB server management, and monitoring.
Connected to http://localhost:8086 version 0.9.6.1
InfluxDB shell 0.9.6.1

It would be really nice if somebody can point me to my probleme here.

UPDATE

Maybe this is helpful. I am on a Raspberry Pi 3 with Jessie and installed influxdb with this tuturial link

UPDATE 2

if I run curl http://localhost:8086 I also get 404 page not found. On the Port 8083 i get a response.

I couldn't post a comment since I don't have the reputation.

I found the same issue with a raspberry PI and v0.12.2. If you go to https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v0.12/guides/writing_data/ there is this command

curl -G http://localhost:8086/query --data-urlencode "q=CREATE DATABASE mydb"

It worked for me.

UPDATE 1

I don't think you've installed the Python InfluxDB driver correctly. Follow the steps on the InfluxDB-Python page. Specifically be sure to run the following commands as sudo.

pip install influxdb

pip install --upgrade influxdb