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

Although I also think parameter binding should be used, there is also this:

>>> import MySQLdb
>>> example = r"""I don't like "special" chars ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"""
>>> example
'I don\'t like "special" chars \xc2\xaf\\_(\xe3\x83\x84)_/\xc2\xaf'
>>> MySQLdb.escape_string(example)
'I don\\\'t like \\"special\\" chars \xc2\xaf\\\\_(\xe3\x83\x84)_/\xc2\xaf'