error when connecting oracle in python using cx_Oracle

Question

I was trying to connect oracle database using python like below.

import cx_Oracle
conn = cx_Oracle.connect(\'user/password@host:port/database\')

Answer 1

This error come when your Oracle Client is not installed or LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not set where libclntsh.so is present.

if you have Oracle client installed then search for libclntsh.so and set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH as

"export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/app/bds/parcels/ORACLE_INSTANT_CLIENT/instantclient_11_2:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"