# How can I connect to database using Python? **URL:** \ **Category:** Application Support\ **Created:** [June 13, 2021, 9:29am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-can-i-connect-to-database-using-python/770 "2021-06-13T09:29:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thehungrybird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@thehungrybird](https://community.kinsta.com/u/thehungrybird)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 9:29am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-can-i-connect-to-database-using-python/770/1 "2021-06-13T09:29:20Z")
Hi. I’m trying to connect my python script to the database for bulk Wordpress post entry from CSV but I’m unable to ping database URL 127.0.0.1:15200. How can I solve this? ---
**Author:** ![michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/michael/32/31_2.png) [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-can-i-connect-to-database-using-python/770/2 "2021-06-14T16:27:48Z")
The host and IP might be different. [Check out this guide here that might help you](https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/devkinsta/database-tools/) ---
**Author:** ![thehungrybird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@thehungrybird](https://community.kinsta.com/u/thehungrybird)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-can-i-connect-to-database-using-python/770/3 "2021-06-19T17:39:42Z")
thanks for the reply Michael, I managed to do so very easily. It was an issue with the SQL port. ---
**Author:** ![michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/michael/32/31_2.png) [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-can-i-connect-to-database-using-python/770/4 "2021-06-23T16:24:36Z")