How to copy a database with mysqldump and mysql in Python?

Question

I am writing a simple Python script to copy a MySQL database. I am attempting to copy the database based on the following SO questions and their answers: \"Copy/duplicate da

Answer 1

I don't know the degree of pure Python you want to use for the copy, but you can just delegate the entire pipe operation to the shell.

subprocess.Popen('mysqldump -h localhost -P 3306 -u -root mydb | mysql -h localhost -P 3306 -u root mydb2', shell=True)

This should work the same way it works when you run it on the shell.