MySQL Database Connection with pymysql

This function uses the pymysql library to connect to a MySQL database and returns a connection object.

Technology Stack : pymysql

Code Type : Database connection function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import pymysql

def connect_to_database(host, user, password, database):
    """
    Connect to a MySQL database using pymysql.

    Args:
        host (str): The host of the MySQL server.
        user (str): The username to use to connect to the MySQL server.
        password (str): The password to use to connect to the MySQL server.
        database (str): The name of the database to connect to.

    Returns:
        pymysql.Connection: A connection object to the MySQL database.
    """
    connection = pymysql.connect(host=host, user=user, password=password, database=database)
    return connection

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