Establishing MySQL Database Connection with pymysql

This function accepts database connection parameters such as hostname, username, password, and database name, and then establishes a connection to the MySQL database using the pymysql library, returning the connection object.

Technology Stack : pymysql

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import pymysql
import random

def connect_to_database(host, user, password, db):
    """
    Connect to a MySQL database using the provided credentials.
    """
    connection = pymysql.connect(host=host, user=user, password=password, db=db)
    return connection