1. # python3 on Mac
    2. pip3 install sqlalchemy mysqclient
    3. # CentOS
    4. yum install MySQL-python
    1. import sqlalchemy
    2. import MySQLdb
    3. from sqlalchemy import create_engine, MetaData
    4. def connect_db ():
    5. # connect db:
    6. engine = create_engine("mysql://user:pass@localhost/db", echo = True)
    7. meta = MetaData()
    8. conn = engine.connect()