from influxdb import InfluxDBClient client = InfluxDBClient("localhost", 8086, "root", "root", "reddit_feed") def init(): db_exists = False for db in client.get_list_database(): if db["name"] == "reddit_feed": db_exists = True break if not db_exists: client.create_database("reddit_feed") def log(event): client.write_points(event)