Python provides various functions to access the MySQL database and to manipulate the data records inside the MySQL database. You would require to call the Python functions in the same way you call any other Python function.

Audience

This tutorial is designed for Python programmers who would pke to understand the Python functions to connect to MySQL in detail and actual usage.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have a good understanding of Python programming language. As you are going to deal with MySQL database, you should have prior exposure to SQL and Database concepts.