Python and MySQL: is there an alternative to MySQLdb?

Question

Is there a module written purely in Python that will allow a script to communicate with a MySQL database? I\'ve already tried MySQLdb without success. It requires too much: GCC,

Answer 1

Oracle implemented a pure python mysql connector, aptly named mysql-connector-python. It can be pip-installed and receives plenty of updates.

Note that it's GPL licensed, which may or may not be a problem for your prjoect. If you can't live with that, you can also pick up PyMySQL instead which is one of the few connectors that works well and is distributed under MIT.