import pymysql hostname = '104.196.69.254' username = 'aquaponics' password = 'duck' database = 'Controller_1' connection = pymysql.connect(host=hostname, user=username, db=database, charset='utf8', cursorclass=pymysql.cursors.DictCursor) try: with connection.cursor() as cursor: sql = "INSERT INTO 'test' ('name', 'age') VALUES (%s, %s)" cursor.execute(sql, ('coleman', 17)) connection.commit() finally: connection.close()