API_KEY = 'a68ffbe8f6fe4fb3bbda2782002680f0' API_SECRET = '3fe37f49b1bb4ae481dec13932c9bb92' client = Client(DATABASE_ID, API_KEY, API_SECRET) try: client.create_series('paul-python-2014-06-12') except tempodb.response.ResponseException as e: print "There was an error" print e response = client.get_series('paul-python-2014-06-12') series1 = response.data series1.name = 'foobar' series1.tags = ['baz', 'abc'] series1.attributes = {'foo': 'bar'} client.update_series(series1) import datetime import random series = 'my-series' data = [] date = datetime.datetime(2012, 1, 1) #writing random data for minute in range(1, 1441): dp = DataPoint.from_data(date, random.random() * 100.0) data.append(dp) date = date + datetime.timedelta(minutes=1)