InfluxDB

Introduction

We all have been seeking better analytics for Instapy.
I decided to Integrate InfluxDB which is a No-SQL time series database.
Inputs are based on the time.

Implementation

I created a Singleton Class in settings which creates a connection to the db.
It is initialised in instapy.py
I also created functions that you can use to add values in the db or change db.
Functions can be added very easily

How to use

To use the SingletonClass just import from .settings import InfluxDBLog
Then in your file just call ÌnfluxDBLog().addEntry(args)` to add a new entry in the DB.

Prerequesites

in order to have this working please install InfluxDB on your computer and create a user.
For it to be activated you must in the instapy constructor input your InfluxDB username, password, host, port and database name.

Visualize Data

In order to visualise the data just install Grafana and create dashboards.
It could end up looking like this