flask_mysqlpool

This package allows you to use mysql-connector-pythons pooling feature from flask

Usage

import mysql.connector
from flask import Flask, abort, jsonify
from flask_mysqlpool import MySQLPool

app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['MYSQL_HOST'] = 'localhost'
app.config['MYSQL_PORT'] = 3306
app.config['MYSQL_USER'] = 'test'
app.config['MYSQL_PASS'] = 'test'
app.config['MYSQL_DB'] = 'world_x'
app.config['MYSQL_POOL_NAME'] = 'mysql_pool'
app.config['MYSQL_POOL_SIZE'] = 5
app.config['MYSQL_AUTOCOMMIT'] = True

db = MySQLPool(app)

@app.route('/')
def index():
    try:
        conn = db.connection.get_connection()  # get connection from pool
        cursor = conn.cursor(dictionary=True)
        cursor.execute("select * from world_x.city limit 10", )
        result = cursor.fetchall()
        conn.close()  # return connection to pool
        return jsonify(result)
    except mysql.connector.ProgrammingError as err:
        print(err)
        abort(500)