Python MySQL escape special characters

Question

I am using python to insert a string into MySQL with special characters.

The string to insert looks like so:

macaddress_eth0;00:1E:68:C6:09:A0;macadd         


        

Answer 1

Python example how to insert raw text:

Create a table in MySQL:

create table penguins(id int primary key auto_increment, msg VARCHAR(4000))

Python code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sqlalchemy
from sqlalchemy import text

engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(
    "mysql+mysqlconnector://yourusername:yourpassword@yourhostname.com/your_database")
db = engine.connect()

weird_string = "~!@#$%^&*()_+`1234567890-={}|[]\;':\""

sql = text('INSERT INTO penguins (msg) VALUES (:msg)')
insert = db.execute(sql, msg=weird_string)

db.close()

Run it, examine output:

select * from penguins

1      ~!@#$%^&*()_+`1234567890-={}|[]\;\':"

None of those characters were interpreted on insert.