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MariaDB Connector/Python
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.. sectionauthor:: Georg Richter <georg@mariadb.com>

.. testsetup::

    import mariadb
    conn_params= {
        "host" : "localhost",
        "database" : "test"
    }

    conn=mariadb.connect(**conn_params)
    cursor=conn.cursor()
    cursor.execute("CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS example_user@localhost identified by 'GHbe_Su3B8'")
    cursor.execute("grant all on test.* to example_user@localhost")
    cursor.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS book")
    cursor.close()
    conn.close()

|MCP| enables python programs to access MariaDB and MySQL databases, using an API
which is compliant with the Python |DBAPI|. It is written in C and Python and uses
MariaDB Connector/C client library for client server communication.

.. rubric:: Contents

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 3
   :caption: Contents:

   install
   usage
   pooling
   api
   license
   release
   bugs
   faq

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