re-escaping the \ character when converting to line protocol

[sar009]

• InfluxDB version: 1.8.5
• InfluxDB-python version: 1.18.0
• Python version: 3.6.9
• Operating system version: Ubuntu 18.04

influx is re-escaping \ character when converting to line protocol.
here is my python code

from influxdb import InfluxDBClient
connection = InfluxDBClient(host='localhost', database='telegraf')
points = [{
    "measurement": "test",
    "tags": {
        "tag1": "value1",
        "tag2": "value\2",
        "tag3": "value\\3",
        "tag4": r"value\4",
        "tag5": r"value\\5"
    },
    "time": 1624989000000000000,
    "fields": {
        "value": 10
    }
}]
connection.write_points(points)

influx db

> select * from test;
name: test
time                tag1   tag2   tag3     tag4     tag5       value
----                ----   ----   ----     ----     ----       -----
1624989000000000000 value1 value value\\3 value\\4 value\\\\5 10
> INSERT test,tag1=value1,tag2=value\2,tag3=value\3,tag4=value\4,tag5=value\\5 value=10i 1624999000000000000
> select * from test;
name: test
time                tag1   tag2    tag3     tag4     tag5       value
----                ----   ----    ----     ----     ----       -----
1624989000000000000 value1 value  value\\3 value\\4 value\\\\5 10
1624999000000000000 value1 value\2 value\3  value\4  value\\5   10

This was reported on slack before some days please check the conversation link below
https://influxcommunity.slack.com/archives/CHQ5VG6F8/p1625576669051600

[bednar]

Hi @sar009,

thanks for using our client.

I've prepared PR #303. If you would like to use dev version of client then install client via:

pip install git+https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python.git@fix/escaping_backslash

Regards