# Need help: JSON to Influx
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-help-json-to-influx/93802
**Category:** General
**Created:** [9 December 2024 12:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-help-json-to-influx/93802 "2024-12-09T12:24:41Z")
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### Author:  [@VolkerK62](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/VolkerK62)
#### Post date: [9 December 2024 12:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-help-json-to-influx/93802/1 "2024-12-09T12:24:41Z")
Hi, I love Node Red, because I am not able to programm my own code 😉
I want to see my solar forecast in grafana (via influx).
I get the data JSON from [solarprognose.de](http://solarprognose.de), but the influx node rejects it.
"unable to parse: invalid field name"
What must I do, to change the JSON, that it will work with influx?
This is the JSON: the values are "timestamp, power, energy"
```auto
{"1733727600":[1733727600,0,0],"1733731200":[1733731200,0.324,0.324],"1733734800":[1733734800,0.95,1.274],"1733738400":[1733738400,0.852,2.126],"1733742000":[1733742000,1.532,3.658],"1733745600":[1733745600,2.077,5.735],"1733749200":[1733749200,0.5,6.235],"1733752800":[1733752800,0.302,6.537],"1733756400":[1733756400,0,6.537],"1733814000":[1733814000,0,0],"1733817600":[1733817600,0.324,0.324],"1733821200":[1733821200,0.565,0.889],"1733824800":[1733824800,0.648,1.537],"1733828400":[1733828400,0.675,2.212],"1733832000":[1733832000,0.619,2.831],"1733835600":[1733835600,0.502,3.333],"1733839200":[1733839200,0.303,3.636],"1733842800":[1733842800,0,3.636]}
```
Thanks for any help.
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### Author:  [@mickym2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mickym2)
#### Post date: [9 December 2024 14:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-help-json-to-influx/93802/2 "2024-12-09T14:01:06Z")
If did a complete flow as test. Maybe it helps.
```auto
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```
The JSON Node can be deleted as you can specify in the Http-request that you want to have a JSON object.
I used the batch Node - but I guess you can use the normal out Node as well with a different syntax
Do I guess you have to use the batch node when you want to specify other timestamps as the current timestamp. This is what I found out after reading the description:
> **[node-red-contrib-influxdb](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-influxdb)**
>
> Node-RED nodes to save and query data from an influxdb time series database
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### Author:  [@mickym2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mickym2)
#### Post date: [9 December 2024 14:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-help-json-to-influx/93802/3 "2024-12-09T14:51:18Z")
I will modify your data for the batch node as well. Just a moment
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### Author:  [@VolkerK62](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/VolkerK62)
#### Post date: [9 December 2024 15:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-help-json-to-influx/93802/4 "2024-12-09T15:40:15Z")
fantastic. you are my hero.
thanks a lot.
I modified the Change Node ( "Prognose\_W":$[1]\*1000,) , because the power ist coming in kW.
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### Author:  [@mickym2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mickym2)
#### Post date: [9 December 2024 15:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-help-json-to-influx/93802/5 "2024-12-09T15:49:17Z")
Ok - then I will not further modify your data. I modified it according your input:
[https://try.jsonata.org/WmHvAIo0N](https://try.jsonata.org/WmHvAIo0N)
```auto
[{"id":"f61cd9f90ad07d79","type":"inject","z":"5ad55a7b0d4580eb","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"{\"1733727600\":[1733727600,0,0],\"1733731200\":[1733731200,0.324,0.324],\"1733734800\":[1733734800,0.95,1.274],\"1733738400\":[1733738400,0.852,2.126],\"1733742000\":[1733742000,1.532,3.658],\"1733745600\":[1733745600,2.077,5.735],\"1733749200\":[1733749200,0.5,6.235],\"1733752800\":[1733752800,0.302,6.537],\"1733756400\":[1733756400,0,6.537],\"1733814000\":[1733814000,0,0],\"1733817600\":[1733817600,0.324,0.324],\"1733821200\":[1733821200,0.565,0.889],\"1733824800\":[1733824800,0.648,1.537],\"1733828400\":[1733828400,0.675,2.212],\"1733832000\":[1733832000,0.619,2.831],\"1733835600\":[1733835600,0.502,3.333],\"1733839200\":[1733839200,0.303,3.636],\"1733842800\":[1733842800,0,3.636]}","payloadType":"json","x":330,"y":3060,"wires":[["975e056305da0b28"]]},{"id":"975e056305da0b28","type":"change","z":"5ad55a7b0d4580eb","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"$zip(\t payload.*#$i[$i%3=0],\t payload.*#$i[$i%3=1],\t payload.*#$i[$i%3=2]\t).{\t \"measurement\" : \"Solarprognose 3\",\t \"timestamp\" : $[0] *1000,\t \"fields\" : {\t \"power\" : $[1],\t \"energy\" : $[2] \t } \t}","tot":"jsonata"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":510,"y":3060,"wires":[["cfbf1ad5c1013f44","af0e0d7934d4a806"]]},{"id":"af0e0d7934d4a806","type":"debug","z":"5ad55a7b0d4580eb","name":"Daten","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":690,"y":3020,"wires":[]},{"id":"cfbf1ad5c1013f44","type":"influxdb batch","z":"5ad55a7b0d4580eb","influxdb":"64647facf05f4c10","precision":"","retentionPolicy":"","name":"","database":"database","precisionV18FluxV20":"ms","retentionPolicyV18Flux":"","org":"mwdebian","bucket":"Node-Red Test","x":760,"y":3060,"wires":[]},{"id":"64647facf05f4c10","type":"influxdb","hostname":"127.0.0.1","port":"8086","protocol":"http","database":"database","name":"MWDebian InfluxDB","usetls":false,"tls":"","influxdbVersion":"2.0","url":"http://mwdebian.fritz.box:8086","rejectUnauthorized":false}]
```
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### Author:  [@VolkerK62](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/VolkerK62)
#### Post date: [9 December 2024 16:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-help-json-to-influx/93802/6 "2024-12-09T16:03:26Z")
Danke. Ist nicht nötig. Funktioniert wunderbar.
Da hatte ich nur schon den Datenbereich rausgezogen.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [23 December 2024 16:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-help-json-to-influx/93802/7 "2024-12-23T16:04:03Z")
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