csv_to_mysql.py

"""
python3.6
writes a csv to MySQL database
"""

mydb = mysql.connector.connect(host = 'localhost',
    user = 'root',
    passwd = '****',
    db = '****')
cursor = mydb.cursor()
csv_file = 'path/to/file.csv'
with open(csv_file, 'r') as file:
    csv_reader = csv.reader(file)
    next(csv_reader) #skipping the header
    for row in csv_reader:
        cursor.execute("INSERT INTO table(col1, col2, col3) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)", row)
mydb.commit()
cursor.close()