Use the pip tool to install the mysql-connector-python python module:
C:\Python373\Scripts>pip install mysql-connector-python
Collecting mysql-connector-python
...
Installing collected packages: mysql-connector-python
Successfully installed mysql-connector-python-8.0.16
The information about python module named mysql-connector-python version 8.0.16 can be found at this web page.For the test, I install MariaDB from the official website with user root and my password.
Let's test the python module for MariaDB:
C:\Python373>python.exe
Python 3.7.3 (v3.7.3:ef4ec6ed12, Mar 25 2019, 21:26:53) [MSC v.1916 32 bit (Inte
l)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import mysql
>>> import mysql.connector as mariadb
After install, start the command prompt of MariaDB and test it:C:\Windows\System32>mysql -u root -p
Enter password: ****
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 9
Server version: 10.4.6-MariaDB mariadb.org binary distribution
Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
MariaDB [(none)]> SHOW DATABASES;
+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mysql |
| performance_schema |
| test |
+--------------------+
4 rows in set (0.001 sec)
MariaDB [information_schema]> USE information_schema;
Database changed
MariaDB [information_schema]> SHOW TABLES;
...
| INNODB_TABLESPACES_SCRUBBING |
| INNODB_SYS_SEMAPHORE_WAITS |
+---------------------------------------+
77 rows in set (0.001 sec)
C:\Python373>python.exe
Python 3.7.3 (v3.7.3:ef4ec6ed12, Mar 25 2019, 21:26:53) [MSC v.1916 32 bit (Inte
l)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import mysql.connector as mariadb
>>> mariadb_connection = mariadb.connect(user='root', password='test', database=
'information_schema')
>>> cursor = mariadb_connection.cursor()
>>> cursor.execute("USE information_schema")
>>> cursor.execute("SHOW TABLES")
>>> result = cursor.fetchall()
>>> print(result)
[('ALL_PLUGINS',), ('APPLICABLE_ROLES',), ('CHARACTER_SETS',), ('CHECK_CONSTRAIN
TS',), ('COLLATIONS',), ('COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY',), ('COLUMNS',)
, ('COLUMN_PRIVILEGES',), ('ENABLED_ROLES',), ('ENGINES',), ('EVENTS',), ('FILES
',), ('GLOBAL_STATUS',), ('GLOBAL_VARIABLES',), ('KEY_CACHES',), ('KEY_COLUMN_US
AGE',), ('OPTIMIZER_TRACE',), ('PARAMETERS',), ('PARTITIONS',), ('PLUGINS',), ('
PROCESSLIST',), ('PROFILING',), ('REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS',), ('ROUTINES',), ('S
CHEMATA',), ('SCHEMA_PRIVILEGES',), ('SESSION_STATUS',), ('SESSION_VARIABLES',),
('STATISTICS',), ('SYSTEM_VARIABLES',), ('TABLES',), ('TABLESPACES',), ('TABLE_
CONSTRAINTS',), ('TABLE_PRIVILEGES',), ('TRIGGERS',), ('USER_PRIVILEGES',), ('VI
EWS',), ('GEOMETRY_COLUMNS',), ('SPATIAL_REF_SYS',), ('CLIENT_STATISTICS',), ('I
NDEX_STATISTICS',), ('INNODB_SYS_DATAFILES',), ('USER_STATISTICS',), ('INNODB_SY
S_TABLESTATS',), ('INNODB_LOCKS',), ('INNODB_MUTEXES',), ('INNODB_CMPMEM',), ('I
NNODB_CMP_PER_INDEX',), ('INNODB_CMP',), ('INNODB_FT_DELETED',), ('INNODB_CMP_RE
SET',), ('INNODB_LOCK_WAITS',), ('TABLE_STATISTICS',), ('INNODB_TABLESPACES_ENCR
YPTION',), ('INNODB_BUFFER_PAGE_LRU',), ('INNODB_SYS_FIELDS',), ('INNODB_CMPMEM_
RESET',), ('INNODB_SYS_COLUMNS',), ('INNODB_FT_INDEX_TABLE',), ('INNODB_CMP_PER_
INDEX_RESET',), ('user_variables',), ('INNODB_FT_INDEX_CACHE',), ('INNODB_SYS_FO
REIGN_COLS',), ('INNODB_FT_BEING_DELETED',), ('INNODB_BUFFER_POOL_STATS',), ('IN
NODB_TRX',), ('INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN',), ('INNODB_SYS_TABLES',), ('INNODB_FT_DEFAUL
T_STOPWORD',), ('INNODB_FT_CONFIG',), ('INNODB_BUFFER_PAGE',), ('INNODB_SYS_TABL
ESPACES',), ('INNODB_METRICS',), ('INNODB_SYS_INDEXES',), ('INNODB_SYS_VIRTUAL',
), ('INNODB_TABLESPACES_SCRUBBING',), ('INNODB_SYS_SEMAPHORE_WAITS',)]