params = config()
conn = psycopg2.connect(**params)
cur = conn.cursor()
my_query = {}
#successfully connected to local postgres db
print ('Database connection established at ' + str(datetime.now()))
sample config file:
#!/usr/bin/python
from configparser import ConfigParser
def config(filename='./database.ini', section='postgresql'):
# create a parser
parser = ConfigParser()
# read config file
parser.read(filename)
# get section, default to postgresql
db = {}
if parser.has_section(section):
params = parser.items(section)
for param in params:
db[param[0]] = param[1]
else:
raise Exception('Section {0} not found in the {1} file'.format(section, filename))
# import ipdb;ipdb.set_trace()
return db
connect to postgres db:
sample config file: