Python 3.9 - Connect to memsql - python-3.x

Question

I am trying to connect to memsql (running as docker container - cluster-in-a-box). I am using Python3.9. Tried with Python 3.8 as well.
Here is the code snippet:
from memsql.common import database
conn = database.connect(host="127.0.0.1", port=3306, user="root")
print(conn.query("show databases"))
When i run this, I am getting the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/ngarg/PycharmProjects/memsqlKafka/startup_try.py", line 3, in <module>
conn = database.connect(host="127.0.0.1", port=3306, user="root")
File "/Users/ngarg/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/memsql/common/database.py", line 19, in connect
return Connection(*args, **kwargs)
File "/Users/ngarg/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/memsql/common/database.py", line 62, in __init__
self.reconnect()
File "/Users/ngarg/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/memsql/common/database.py", line 93, in reconnect
conn = _mysql.connect(**self._db_args)
TypeError: 'db' is an invalid keyword argument for connect()
Try to google this, but didn’t find anything. I am blocked on this step.Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

When you connect from the latest version of Django to SingleStore DB, you might receive the following error message:
django.db.utils.OperationalError: (2012, 'Error in server handshake')
To connect to SingleStore DB, you will need to configure the auth_plugin in the OPTIONS field.
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'HOST': '{HOST}',
'NAME': '{DBNAME}',
'USER': '{USERNAME}',
'PASSWORD' : '{PASSWORD}',
'PORT': '3306',
'OPTIONS': {
'auth_plugin': 'mysql_native_password'
}
}
}
https://support.singlestore.com/hc/en-us/articles/360057857552-Connecting-Django-to-SingleStore-DB