psycopg2.connect()

Function

This method creates a database session and returns a new connection object.

Prototype

conn=psycopg2.connect(dbname="test",user="postgres",password="secret",host="127.0.0.1",port="5432")

Parameter

**Table 1** psycopg2.connect parameters
Keyword	Description
dbname	Database name
user	Username
password	Password
host	IP address of the database. The default type is UNIX socket.
port	Connection port number. The default value is 5432.
sslmode	SSL mode, which is used for SSL connection.
sslcert	Path of the client certificate, which is used for SSL connection.
sslkey	Path of the client key, which is used for SSL connection.
sslrootcert	Path of the root certificate, which is used for SSL connection.
hostaddr	IP address of the database
connect_timeout	Client connection timeout interval
client_encoding	Encoding format of the client
application_name	Value of application_name
fallback_application_name	Rollback value of application_name
keepalives	Specifies whether to enable the TCP connection on the client. The default value is 1, indicating that the TCP connection is enabled. The value 0 indicates that the TCP connection is disabled. If the UNIX domain socket connection is used, ignore this parameter.
options	Specifies the command line options sent to the server when the connection starts.
keepalives_idle	Describes inactivity before keepalive messages are sent to the server. If keepalive messages are disabled, ignore this parameter.
keepalives_interval	Specifies whether keepalive messages that are not confirmed by the server need to be resent. If keepalive messages are disabled, ignore this parameter.
keepalives_count	Specifies the number of TCP connections that may be lost before the client is disconnected from the server.
replication	Ensures that the connection uses the replication protocol instead of the common protocol.
requiressl	Supports the SSL mode.
sslcompression	Specifies the SSL compression. If this parameter is set to 1, the data sent through the SSL connection is compressed. If this parameter is set to 0, compression is disabled. If no SSL connection is established, ignore this parameter.
sslcrl	Specifies the path of the CRL, which is used to check whether the SSL server certificate is available.
requirepeer	Specifies the OS username of the server.