setup_database_connection (function) ∞
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setup_database_connection
(pathToYamlFile)[source] ∞ Start a database connection using settings in yaml file
Given the location of a YAML dictionary containing database credientials, this function will setup and return the connection*
Key Arguments
pathToYamlFile
– path to the YAML dictionary.
Return
dbConn
– connection to the MySQL database.
Usage
The settings file should be in this form, with all keyword values set:
db: unit_tests host: localhost user: utuser password: utpass
And here’s how to generate the connection object:
from fundamentals.mysql import setup_database_connection dbConn = setup_database_connection( pathToYamlFile=pathToMyYamlFile )