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title: Aurora MySQL (Data API)
sidebar_label: Aurora MySQL (Data API)
description: "MySQL is a popular open-source relational database."
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import { DatabasePage } from '@site/src/components/databases';

export const databaseInfo = {"time_grains":{"SECOND":true,"FIVE_SECONDS":false,"THIRTY_SECONDS":false,"MINUTE":true,"FIVE_MINUTES":false,"TEN_MINUTES":false,"FIFTEEN_MINUTES":false,"THIRTY_MINUTES":false,"HALF_HOUR":false,"HOUR":true,"SIX_HOURS":false,"DAY":true,"WEEK":true,"WEEK_STARTING_SUNDAY":false,"WEEK_STARTING_MONDAY":true,"WEEK_ENDING_SATURDAY":false,"WEEK_ENDING_SUNDAY":false,"MONTH":true,"QUARTER":true,"QUARTER_YEAR":false,"YEAR":true},"module":"superset.db_engine_specs.aurora","limit_method":1,"limit_clause":true,"joins":true,"subqueries":true,"alias_in_select":true,"alias_in_orderby":true,"time_groupby_inline":false,"alias_to_source_column":false,"order_by_not_in_select":true,"expressions_in_orderby":false,"cte_in_subquery":true,"max_column_name":64,"sql_comments":true,"escaped_colons":true,"masked_encrypted_extra":false,"column_type_mapping":true,"function_names":false,"user_impersonation":false,"file_upload":true,"get_extra_table_metadata":false,"dbapi_exception_mapping":false,"custom_errors":false,"dynamic_schema":true,"catalog":false,"dynamic_catalog":false,"ssh_tunneling":true,"query_cancelation":true,"get_metrics":false,"where_latest_partition":false,"expand_data":false,"query_cost_estimation":false,"sql_validation":false,"score":59,"max_score":201,"documentation":{"description":"MySQL is a popular open-source relational database.","logo":"mysql.png","homepage_url":"https://www.mysql.com/","categories":["Traditional RDBMS","Open Source"],"pypi_packages":["mysqlclient"],"connection_string":"mysql://{username}:{password}@{host}/{database}","default_port":3306,"parameters":{"username":"Database username","password":"Database password","host":"localhost, 127.0.0.1, IP address, or hostname","database":"Database name"},"host_examples":[{"platform":"Localhost","host":"localhost or 127.0.0.1"},{"platform":"Docker on Linux","host":"172.18.0.1"},{"platform":"Docker on macOS","host":"docker.for.mac.host.internal"},{"platform":"On-premise","host":"IP address or hostname"}],"drivers":[{"name":"mysqlclient","pypi_package":"mysqlclient","connection_string":"mysql://{username}:{password}@{host}/{database}","is_recommended":true,"notes":"Recommended driver. May fail with caching_sha2_password auth."},{"name":"mysql-connector-python","pypi_package":"mysql-connector-python","connection_string":"mysql+mysqlconnector://{username}:{password}@{host}/{database}","is_recommended":false,"notes":"Required for newer MySQL databases using caching_sha2_password authentication."}],"compatible_databases":[{"name":"MariaDB","description":"MariaDB is a community-developed fork of MySQL, fully compatible with MySQL.","logo":"mariadb.png","homepage_url":"https://mariadb.org/","pypi_packages":["mysqlclient"],"connection_string":"mysql://{username}:{password}@{host}:{port}/{database}","categories":["Open Source"]},{"name":"Amazon Aurora MySQL","description":"Amazon Aurora MySQL is a fully managed, MySQL-compatible relational database with up to 5x the throughput of standard MySQL.","logo":"aws-aurora.jpg","homepage_url":"https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/","pypi_packages":["sqlalchemy-aurora-data-api"],"connection_string":"mysql+auroradataapi://{aws_access_id}:{aws_secret_access_key}@/{database_name}?aurora_cluster_arn={aurora_cluster_arn}&secret_arn={secret_arn}&region_name={region_name}","parameters":{"aws_access_id":"AWS Access Key ID","aws_secret_access_key":"AWS Secret Access Key","database_name":"Database name","aurora_cluster_arn":"Aurora cluster ARN","secret_arn":"Secrets Manager ARN for credentials","region_name":"AWS region (e.g., us-east-1)"},"notes":"Uses the Data API for serverless access. Standard MySQL connections also work with mysqlclient.","categories":["Cloud - AWS","Hosted Open Source"]}],"category":"Traditional RDBMS"},"engine":"mysql","engine_name":"Aurora MySQL (Data API)","engine_aliases":[],"default_driver":"auroradataapi","supports_file_upload":true,"supports_dynamic_schema":true,"supports_catalog":false,"supports_dynamic_catalog":false};

<DatabasePage name="Aurora MySQL (Data API)" database={databaseInfo} />
