mysql.connector.connect python code example

Example 1: python install mysql connector

pip3 install mysql-connector-python  #Python 3
pip install mysql-connector-python

Example 2: how to connect to mysql database in python

import mysql.connector

cnx = mysql.connector.connect(user='scott', password='password',
                              host='127.0.0.1',
                              database='employees')
cnx.close()

Example 3: connect python to mysql

import mysql.connector
mydb = mysql.connector.connect(
  host="localhost",
  user="yourusername",
  password="yourpassword",
  port = 8888, #for Mamp users
  database='whatever db you want'
)
print(mydb)

Example 4: python mysql.connector

pip install mysql-connector-python

Example 5: mysql python connector

import mysql.connector

mydb = mysql.connector.connect(
  host="localhost",
  user="yourusername",
  password="yourpassword"
)

print(mydb)

Example 6: mysql connector/python query example

Press CTRL+C to copy import datetime
import mysql.connector

cnx = mysql.connector.connect(user='scott', database='employees')
cursor = cnx.cursor()

query = ("SELECT first_name, last_name, hire_date FROM employees "
         "WHERE hire_date BETWEEN %s AND %s")

hire_start = datetime.date(1999, 1, 1)
hire_end = datetime.date(1999, 12, 31)

cursor.execute(query, (hire_start, hire_end))

for (first_name, last_name, hire_date) in cursor:
  print("{}, {} was hired on {:%d %b %Y}".format(
    last_name, first_name, hire_date))

cursor.close()
cnx.close()