How do I connect to a MySQL Database in Python?

Question

How do I connect to a MySQL database using a python program?

Answer 1

This is Mysql DB connection

from flask import Flask, render_template, request
from flask_mysqldb import MySQL

app = Flask(__name__)


app.config['MYSQL_HOST'] = 'localhost'
app.config['MYSQL_USER'] = 'root'
app.config['MYSQL_PASSWORD'] = 'root'
app.config['MYSQL_DB'] = 'MyDB'

mysql = MySQL(app)


@app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST']) 
def index():
    if request.method == "POST":
        details = request.form
        cur = mysql.connection.cursor()
        cur.execute ("_Your query_")
        mysql.connection.commit()
        cur.close()
        return 'success'
    return render_template('index.html')


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run()