gistfile1.txt

# load the default settings
from django.conf import settings
settings.configure()

from django.db.utils import load_backend
from dj_database_url import parse


def try_dsn(dsn):
    try:
        db = parse(dsn)
        db['OPTIONS'] = {}
        mod = load_backend('django.db.backends.mysql')
        wrapper = mod.DatabaseWrapper(db)
        wrapper.cursor()
    except Exception, e:
        print e.args[1]
        return
    print 'SUCCESS!'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try_dsn('mysql://foo:bar@localhost:3306/dbname')
    try_dsn('mysql://gooduser:password@localhost:3306/good_db')