How to connect to mysql server with SSL from a flask app

Question

I want to connect to a mysql server via flask and

app.config[\'SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI\'] = \'mysql://your-username:your-password@localhost/schema\'
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Answer 1

Another solution is to use sqlalchemy.engine.url.URL to define the URL.

sqlUrl = sqlalchemy.engine.url.URL(
    drivername="mysql+pymysql",
    username=db_user,
    password=db_pass,
    host=db_host,
    port=3306,
    database=db_name,
    query={"ssl_ca": "main_app/certs/BaltimoreCyberTrustRoot.crt.pem"},
)
create_engine(sqlUrl)

You can include SSL parameters as a dictionary in the query argument.

This approach is useful if you are using Flask to initialize the SqlAlchemy engine with a config parameter like SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI rather than directly using create_engine.