Populate an item from influx

[jswim788 (John Schmitz)]

This may be a bit of a digression, but perhaps it would be easier to use the sendHttpGetRequest action in a rule instead? I use this for a post request to InfluxDB and it works well without the escaping. But maybe it is harder with a get compared to a post.

InfluxDB+Grafana persistence and graphing

The persistence for InfluxDB does impose some limitations: you can’t use the tags and the multiple values and different retention policies in InfluxDB. For example, you could have a measurement “Temperature” and the tags “Inside” and “Outside”. Or maybe you want some measurements saved forever and others for much less time. You can use continuous queries to down sample, but it doesn’t cover every case. Also, you can have a measurement “SensorValues” with values such as Temperature and Humidi…