MySQL Shell Python client
MySQL Shell is an advanced client for MySQL Server that allow system administrator to perform both cluster and instance level operations, using a single binary.
This project provides a Python client that exposes common operations alongside a set of predefined queries to cover typical use-cases.
🧑💻 Usage
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Install the package from PyPi:
pip install mysql-shell-client
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Import and build the executors:
from mysql_shell.executors import LocalExecutor from mysql_shell.models import ConnectionDetails cluster_conn = ConnectionDetails( username="...", password="...", host="...", port="...", ) instance_conn = ConnectionDetails( username="...", password="...", host="...", port="...", ) cluster_executor = LocalExecutor(cluster_conn, "mysqlsh") instance_executor = LocalExecutor(instance_conn, "mysqlsh")
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Import and build the clients:
from mysql_shell.builders.quoting import ArgsQuoter, QueryQuoter from mysql_shell.clients import ClusterClient, InstanceClient args_quoter = ArgsQuoter() query_quoter = QueryQuoter() cluster_client = ClusterClient(cluster_executor, args_quoter) instance_client = InstanceClient(instance_executor, query_quoter)
🔧 Development
Dependencies
In order to install all the required packages:
poetry install --all-extras
Linting
All Python files are linted using Ruff, to run it:
tox -e lint
Testing
Project testing is performed using Pytest, to run them:
tox -e unit
export MYSQL_DATABASE="test"
export MYSQL_USERNAME="root"
export MYSQL_PASSWORD="root_pass"
export MYSQL_SHELL_PATH="mysqlsh"
sudo --preserve-env docker compose -f compose/mysql-8.0.yaml up --wait && tox -e integration
sudo --preserve-env docker compose -f compose/mysql-8.0.yaml down
Release
Commits can be tagged to create releases of the package, in order to do so:
- Bump up the version within the
pyproject.tomlfile. - Add a new section to the
CHANGELOG.md. - Commit + push the changes.
- Trigger the release workflow.
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