Python script to connect with Redshift on AWS with SCHEMA support.

redshift_connect.py

############ REQUIREMENTS ####################
# sudo apt-get install python-pip 
# sudo apt-get install libpq-dev
# sudo pip install psycopg2
# sudo pip install sqlalchemy
# sudo pip install sqlalchemy-redshift
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import sqlalchemy as sa
from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker

#>>>>>>>> MAKE CHANGES HERE <<<<<<<<<<<<< 
DATABASE = "dbname"
USER = "username"
PASSWORD = "password"
HOST = "host"
PORT = ""
SCHEMA = "public"      #default is "public" 

####### connection and session creation ############## 
connection_string = "redshift+psycopg2://%s:%s@%s:%s/%s" % (USER,PASSWORD,HOST,str(PORT),DATABASE)
engine = sa.create_engine(connection_string)
session = sessionmaker()
session.configure(bind=engine)
s = session()
SetPath = "SET search_path TO %s" % SCHEMA
s.execute(SetPath)
###### All Set Session created using provided schema  #######

################ write queries from here ###################### 
query = "SELECT * FROM added_trip limit 2;"
rr = s.execute(query)
all_results =  rr.fetchall()

def pretty(all_results):
    for row in all_results :
        print "row start >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"
        for r in row :
            print " ----" , r
        print "row end >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"


pretty(all_results)


########## close session in the end ###############
s.close()