Example on how to connect to redshift using psycopg2

redshift_example_using_psycopg2.py

__author__ = 'fbaldo'

import psycopg2
import pprint


configuration = { 'dbname': 'database_name', 
                  'user':'user_name',
                  'pwd':'user_password',
                  'host':'redshift_endpoint',
                  'port':'redshift_password'
                }




def create_conn(*args,**kwargs):

    config = kwargs['config']
    try:
        conn=psycopg2.connect(dbname=config['dbname'], host=config['host'], port=config['port'], user=config['user'], password=config['pwd'])
    except Exception as err:
        print err.code, err


    return conn


def select(*args,**kwargs):
    # need a connection with dbname=<username>_db
    cur = kwargs['cur']

    try:
        # retrieving all tables in my search_path
        cur.execute("""select tablename from pg_table_def""")
    except Exception as err:
            print err.code,err


    rows = cur.fetchall()
    for row in rows:
        print row


print 'start'
conn = create_conn(config=configuration)
cursor = conn.cursor()
print 'start select'
select(cur=cursor)
print 'finish'

cursor.close()
for n in conn.notices():
    pprint(n)
conn.close()