If you don't already have MySQL installed, install it with the following commands (mac only):

$ brew info mysql
$ brew install mysql
$ brew tap homebrew/services

Run the following commands to start or stop mysql. Start MySQL before proceeding:

$ brew services stop mysql
$ brew services start mysql

To see available sevices:

$ brew services list

To check MySQL version:

$ mysql -V

Set root password

$ mysqladmin -u root password 'pass'

replace pass with you new password. To login:

$ mysql -u root -p

Then run the following commands:

mysql> create database fatwire;
mysql> use fatwire;
mysql> create table fatwire (id int(15), name varchar(255));

Leave this terminal open, and open a new terminal to the following steps.

Connection python3 to MySQL

Install PyMySQL as follows:

$ pip3 install pymsql

Then test connection with the following code (testconnection.py):

import pymysql.cursors
con = pymysql.connect(host = 'localhost', user = 'root', password = 'pass', db = 'fatwire', cursorclass = pymysql.cursors.DictCursor)
print('Connection Successfull');

To run:

$ python3 testconnection.py

Insert data into MySQL database using Python3

See the following code:

import pymysql.cursors
con = pymysql.connect(host = 'localhost', user = 'root', password = 'pass', db = 'fatwire', cursorclass = pymysql.cursors.DictCursor)

try:
    cur = con.cursor()

    a = 12331
    b = 'The Nugget'

    sql = "Insert into fatwire (id, name) " + " values (%s, %s)"
    cur.execute(sql,(a, b))
    con.commit()

finally:
    con.close()