setup_database_connection (function)

fundamentals.mysql.setup_database_connection(pathToYamlFile)

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:

`yaml db: unit_tests host: localhost user: utuser password: utpass `

And here’s how to generate the connection object:

```python from fundamentals.mysql import setup_database_connection dbConn = setup_database_connection(

pathToYamlFile=pathToMyYamlFile

)