Connect to Database via proxy a python script

Question

I have a python script that connects to a remote MySQL database using the python library MySQLdb. It works fine but how can I get it to connect through a proxy that I'm behind when at work. I can connect via the command line in ssh, but how do I get the python script to use the proxy settings. There doesnt seem to be any options in the MySQLdb commands for proxy configurations.

   import MySQLdb as mdb

   conn=mdb.connect(host='mysite.com',user='myuser',passwd='mypassword',db='mydb')
   cursor = conn.cursor()

Answer 1

I know this is a rather old post, but I thought I'd answer it anyway. you can use your SSH connection as a proxy The easiest way it to use proxychains The default port for proxychains is 9050 so when when you connect to the remote host include the -D parameter like: ssh -D 9050 -l user remotehost Then from a separate terminal window, or using screen, on your local machine any command you preface with proxychains is routed through the SSH server, for example: proxychains python myscript.py will route all outbound TCP requests, whether a database connection or a urllib2/requests HTTP(S) request. Proxychains is not specific to python, but anything. You can just as easily launch a web browser or anything else. Try proxychains firefox or proxychains curl https://api.ipify.org