import pymysql  # first install pymysql using pip. here we inport pymysql to connect DB

# Open database connection, test data base connectivity is being established 
db = pymysql.connect("localhost","testuser","test123","TESTDB" )

# prepare a cursor object using cursor() method
cursor = db.cursor()

# execute SQL query using execute() method.
cursor.execute("SELECT VERSION()")

# Fetch a single row using fetchone() method.
data = cursor.fetchone()
print ("Database version : %s " % data)

# disconnect from server
db.close()
