informatica.infacore.datasource.datasource.DataSource.connect

DataSource.connect(connection_name: str, connection_parameters: dict)

Creates a live connection with the data source instance you specified to read from or to write data.

Parameters:

• connection_name (str) – A name for the connection that you want to create.

• connection_parameters (dict) – The connection attributes in “key, value” pairs to create a connection with the data source instance.

Returns:

A newly created connection object for the data source.

Return type:

Connection

Example

>>> import informatica.infacore as ic
>>> orcl_ds = ic.get_datasource("Oracle")
>>> orcl_params = {
        "oracleSubType": "oracleonpremise",
        "username": "<Username of Oracle database>",
        "password": "<Password of Oracle database>",
        "host": "<Hostname of Oracle database>",
        "port": "1521",
        "database": "<Database name>",
        "codePage": "UTF-8",
        "encryptionMethod": "NoEncryption",
        "CryptoProtocolVersion": "TLSv1",
        "ValidateServerCertificate": "False"
    }
>>> orcl_cnx = orcl_ds.connect(connection_name="Oracle Sandbox", connection_parameters=orcl_params)