The best way to connect application to MySQL database

Question

I have a general question of what is the best way to connect a production app to a database server. So, I am planning to make an application which will need to have a direct connection to MySQL database. Database itself will be hosted in the same building on dedicated server with no access from outside world (Network). My question is. Will I use some type of REST service or I can make a direct connection from my application to the database server using SSL encryption? The other question is, there is a possibility that we say 2 more sites will need to have a direct connection to that database is well. In this case can I use VPN connection with SSL without REST service and make all the requests in my code in functions?

Answer 1

You can use sqlalchemy to connect directly to the data base and use its ORM , so you'll do everything programmatically.

But i would say that good practise is to create a RESTfull API and make calls to your db through that API. There is a good library Sandman which might help you.