Safeguarding MySQL password when developing in Python?

Question

I\'m writing a Python script which uses a MySQL database, which is locally hosted. The program will be delivered as source code. As a result, the MySQL password will be visible

Answer 1

In this case, I create a new section in my .my.cnf, like

[files]
host=127.0.0.1
port=3307
database=files
default-character-set=utf8
password=foobar

and use it on DB initialization with

d=MySQLdb.connect(
    read_default_group='files',
    port=0,  # read from .my.cnf
    db='files',
    cursorclass=cursors.DictCursor,
    # amongst other stuff
)