For similar capabilities to Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics, consider Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB. It offers simplified data ingestion and single-digit millisecond query response times for real-time analytics. Learn more [here](https://docs.amazonaws.cn//timestream/latest/developerguide/timestream-for-influxdb.html).

# API reference
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This section contains the API Reference documentation for Amazon Timestream. 

Timestream has two APIs: Query and Write.
+ The **Write API** allows you to perform operations like table creation, resource tagging, and writing of records to Timestream.
+ The **Query API** allows you to perform query operations.

**Note**  
Both APIs include the DescribeEndpoints action. *For both Query and Write, the DescribeEndpoints action are identical.*

You can read more about each API below, along with data types, common errors and parameters.

**Note**  
For error codes common to all Amazon services, see the [Amazon Support section](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/awssupport/latest/APIReference/CommonErrors.html). 

**Topics**
+ [Actions](API_Operations.md)
+ [Data Types](API_Types.md)
+ [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md)
+ [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md)