cx_Oracle & Connecting to Oracle DB Remotely

Question

How do you connect to a remote server via IP address in the manner that TOAD, SqlDeveloper, are able to connect to databases with just the ip address, username, SID and pass

Answer 1

import cx_Oracle
dsn = cx_Oracle.makedsn(host='127.0.0.1', port=1521, sid='your_sid')
conn = cx_Oracle.connect(user='your_username', password='your_password', dsn=dsn)
conn.close()