psycopg
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Psycopg 3 is a modern implementation of a PostgreSQL adapter for Python.
This distribution contains the pure Python package psycopg.
.. Note::
Despite the lack of number in the package name, this package is the
successor of psycopg2_.
Please use the psycopg2 package if you are maintaining an existing program
using psycopg2 as a dependency. If you are developing something new,
Psycopg 3 is the most current implementation of the adapter.
.. _psycopg2: https://pypi.org/project/psycopg2/
In short, run the following::
pip install --upgrade pip # to upgrade pip
pip install "psycopg[binary,pool]" # to install package and dependencies
If something goes wrong, and for more information about installation, please
check out the Installation documentation__.
.. __: https://www.psycopg.org/psycopg3/docs/basic/install.html#
For development information check out the project readme__.
.. __: https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg#readme
Copyright (C) 2020 The Psycopg Team
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PostgreSQL database adapter for Python
We found that psycopg demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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