Flask-pymysql is a fork of Flask-mysqldb, which instead uses the PyMySQL driver, which is a pure python driver.

This version now uses a kwarg dict which is passed to PyMySQL, there is no longer a curated list of attributes. If you are migrating from Flask-mysqldb or and earlier version of Flask-pymysql, please see the example 'app.py', or the Quickstart section below on how to make a dict for 'pymysql_kwargs'.

Fixing imports and references.

Fork of Flask-MySQLdb first change to PyMySQL.

First, install Flask-pymysql:

$ pip install flask-pymysql

Next, add a MySQL instance to your code. The instance is configured using a dictionary of kwargs to pass to the PyMySQL connect class. The key is named 'pymysql_kwargs'. Please refer to the PyMySQL documentation for all options.

from flask import Flask
from flask_pymysql import MySQL

app = Flask(__name__)

pymysql_connect_kwargs = {'user': 'BlackKnight',
                          'password': 'ILoveBridges',
                          'host': '127.0.0.1'}

app.config['pymysql_kwargs'] = pymysql_connect_kwargs
mysql = MySQL(app)

@app.route('/')
def users():
    cur = mysql.connection.cursor()
    cur.execute('''SELECT user, host FROM mysql.user''')
    rv = cur.fetchall()
    return str(rv)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(debug=True)

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