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+"""
+homeassistant.components.influx
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+InfluxDB component which allows you to send data to an Influx database.
+
+For more details about this component, please refer to the documentation at
+https://home-assistant.io/components/influx/
+
+Configuration:
+
+influx:
+  host: localhost
+  port: 8086
+  dbname: home_assistant
+  dbuser: DB_USER
+  dbuser_password: DB_USER_PASSWORD
+"""
+import logging
+import requests
+import socket
+
+import homeassistant.util as util
+from homeassistant.helpers import validate_config
+from homeassistant.const import (MATCH_ALL)
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+DOMAIN = "influx"
+DEPENDENCIES = ['recorder']
+
+INFLUX_CLIENT = None
+
+DEFAULT_HOST = 'localhost'
+DEFAULT_PORT = 8086
+DEFAULT_DATABASE = 'home_assistant'
+
+REQUIREMENTS = ['influxdb==2.10.0']
+
+CONF_HOST = 'host'
+CONF_PORT = 'port'
+CONF_DB_NAME = 'database'
+CONF_USERNAME = 'username'
+CONF_PASSWORD = 'password'
+
+
+def setup(hass, config):
+    """ Setup the Influx component. """
+
+    from influxdb import exceptions
+
+    if not validate_config(config, {DOMAIN: ['host']}, _LOGGER):
+        return False
+
+    conf = config[DOMAIN]
+
+    host = conf[CONF_HOST]
+    port = util.convert(conf.get(CONF_PORT), int, DEFAULT_PORT)
+    dbname = util.convert(conf.get(CONF_DB_NAME), str, DEFAULT_DATABASE)
+    username = util.convert(conf.get(CONF_USERNAME), str)
+    password = util.convert(conf.get(CONF_PASSWORD), str)
+
+    global INFLUX_CLIENT
+
+    try:
+        INFLUX_CLIENT = Influx(host, port, username, password, dbname)
+    except (socket.gaierror, requests.exceptions.ConnectionError):
+        _LOGGER.error("Database is not accessible. "
+                      "Please check your entries in the configuration file.")
+        return False
+
+    try:
+        INFLUX_CLIENT.create_database(dbname)
+    except exceptions.InfluxDBClientError:
+        _LOGGER.info("Database '%s' already exists", dbname)
+
+    INFLUX_CLIENT.switch_user(username, password)
+    INFLUX_CLIENT.switch_database(dbname)
+
+    def event_listener(event):
+        """ Listen for new messages on the bus and sends them to Influx. """
+        event_data = event.as_dict()
+        json_body = []
+
+        if event_data['event_type'] is not 'time_changed':
+            try:
+                entity_id = event_data['data']['entity_id']
+                new_state = event_data['data']['new_state']
+
+                json_body = [
+                    {
+                        "measurement": entity_id.split('.')[1],
+                        "tags": {
+                            "type":  entity_id.split('.')[0],
+                        },
+                        "time": event_data['time_fired'],
+                        "fields": {
+                            "value": new_state.state
+                        }
+                    }
+                ]
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
+
+        if json_body:
+            INFLUX_CLIENT.write_data(json_body)
+
+    hass.bus.listen(MATCH_ALL, event_listener)
+
+    return True
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+class Influx(object):
+    """ Implements the handling of an connection to an Influx database.. """
+
+    def __init__(self, host, port, username, password, dbname):
+
+        from influxdb import InfluxDBClient
+
+        self._host = host
+        self._port = port
+        self._username = username
+        self._password = password
+        self._dbname = dbname
+
+        self.client = InfluxDBClient(self._host, self._port, self._username,
+                                     self._password, self._dbname)
+
+    def switch_user(self, username, password):
+        """ Switch the user to the given one. """
+        self.client.switch_user(username, password)
+
+    def create_database(self, dbname):
+        """ Creates a new Influx database. """
+        self.client.create_database(dbname)
+
+    def switch_database(self, dbname):
+        """ Switch the user to the given one. """
+        return self.client.switch_database(dbname)
+
+    def write_data(self, data):
+        """ Writes data to Influx database. """
+        self.client.write_points(data)