how can I check database connection to mysql in dj

Question

how can I do it?

I thought, I can read something from database, but it looks too much, is there something like?:

settings.DATABASES['default'].check_connection()

Answer 1

All you need to do is start a application and if its not connected it will fail. Other way you can try is on shell try following -

from django.db import connections
from django.db.utils import OperationalError
db_conn = connections['default']
try:
    c = db_conn.cursor()
except OperationalError:
    connected = False
else:
    connected = True

Answer 2

I had a more complicated case where I am using mongodb behind djongo module, and RDS mysql. So not only is it multiple databases, but djongo throws an SQLDecode error instead. I also had to execute and fetch to get this working:

from django.conf import settings

if settings.DEBUG:
    # Quick database check here
    from django.db import connections
    from django.db.utils import OperationalError
    dbs = settings.DATABASES.keys()
    for db in dbs:
        db_conn = connections[db]  # i.e. default
        try:
            c = db_conn.cursor()
            c.execute("""SELECT "non_existent_table"."id" FROM "non_existent_table" LIMIT 1""")
            c.fetchone()
            print("Database '{}' connection ok.".format(db))  # This case is for djongo decoding sql ok
        except OperationalError as e:
            if 'no such table' in str(e):
                print("Database '{}' connection ok.".format(db))  # This is ok, db is present
            else:
                raise  # Another type of op error
        except Exception:  # djongo sql decode error
            print("ERROR: Database {} looks to be down.".format(db))
            raise

I load this in my app __init__.py, as I want it to run on startup only once and only if DEBUG is enabled. Hope it helps!

Answer 3

I use the following Django management command called wait_for_db:

import time

from django.db import connection
from django.db.utils import OperationalError
from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand


class Command(BaseCommand):
    """Django command that waits for database to be available"""

    def handle(self, *args, **options):
        """Handle the command"""
        self.stdout.write('Waiting for database...')
        db_conn = None
        while not db_conn:
            try:
                connection.ensure_connection()
                db_conn = True
            except OperationalError:
                self.stdout.write('Database unavailable, waiting 1 second...')
                time.sleep(1)

        self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS('Database available!'))