Connecting to PostgreSQL using Python

Introduction

Sometimes connecting to the database directly using Python (or other programming language) is the best way forward. Some sample code is available below

Connecting to Canopy Data Eco-System using Python

import psycopg2
from psycopg2 import extras

# database credentials
database_host_url = 'abcd.amazon.com'
database_name = 'abcd1234'
database_username = 'polo5678'
database_pwd = 'password'

# Login to PostgreSQL database
canopy_postgresql_conn = psycopg2.connect(dbname=database_name, user=database_username, host=database_host_url, password=database_pwd)
canopy_postgresql_conn.autocommit = True

with canopy_postgresql_conn.cursor(cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.DictCursor) as temp_cursor:
    temp_cursor.execute("select * from consolidated_holdings limit 5;")
	results = temp_cursor.fetchall()

for row in results:
	print (row)