import sys
import datetime
import mysql.connector

class Install(object):

    def _init__(self,dbname='blah'):
        self.dbname = dbname
        self.createDB = "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS {0};".format(self.dbname)


# after the class

dbinfo = {}
dbinfo['dbhost'] = "localhost"
dbinfo['dbname'] = "testing2"
dbinfo['dbusername'] = "iamsparticus"
dbinfo['dbpwd'] = "bryb2yrbqt4y"

m = Install(dbname=dbinfo['dbname'])

connection = mysql.connector.Connect(host=dbinfo['dbhost'],
                                     user=dbinfo['dbusername'],
                                     password=dbinfo['dbpwd'],
                                     database=dbinfo['dbname'])

# get var's for connecting to DB
c = connection.cursor()
c.execute(m.createDB)
warnings = c.fetchwarnings()
#if warnings:
#    print(warnings)
connection.commit()

mysql.connector.errors.ProgrammingError: 1049: Unknown database 'testing2'