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psycopg2 - Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter
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Psycopg is the most popular PostgreSQL database adapter for the Python
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programming language. Its main features are the complete implementation of
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the Python DB API 2.0 specification and the thread safety (several threads can
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share the same connection). It was designed for heavily multi-threaded
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applications that create and destroy lots of cursors and make a large number
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of concurrent "INSERT"s or "UPDATE"s.
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Psycopg 2 is mostly implemented in C as a libpq wrapper, resulting in being
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both efficient and secure. It features client-side and server-side cursors,
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asynchronous communication and notifications, "COPY TO/COPY FROM" support.
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Many Python types are supported out-of-the-box and adapted to matching
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PostgreSQL data types; adaptation can be extended and customized thanks to a
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flexible objects adaptation system.
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Psycopg 2 is both Unicode and Python 3 friendly.
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Documentation
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Documentation is included in the ``doc`` directory and is `available online`__.
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.. __: http://initd.org/psycopg/docs/
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Installation
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------------
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If your ``pip`` version supports wheel_ packages it should be possible to
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install a binary version of Psycopg including all the dependencies from PyPI_.
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Just run::
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$ pip install -U pip # make sure your pip is up-to-date
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$ pip install psycopg2
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If you want to build Psycopg from source you will need some prerequisites (a C
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compiler, development packages): please check the install_ and the faq_
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documents in the ``doc`` dir for the details.
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.. _wheel: http://pythonwheels.com/
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.. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/psycopg2
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.. _install: http://initd.org/psycopg/docs/install.html#install-from-source
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.. _faq: http://initd.org/psycopg/docs/faq.html#faq-compile
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For any other resource (source code repository, bug tracker, mailing list)
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please check the `project homepage`__.
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.. __: http://initd.org/psycopg/
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:Linux/OSX: |travis|
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:Windows: |appveyor|
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.. |travis| image:: https://travis-ci.org/psycopg/psycopg2.svg?branch=master
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:target: https://travis-ci.org/psycopg/psycopg2
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:alt: Linux and OSX build status
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.. |appveyor| image:: https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/psycopg/psycopg2?branch=master&svg=true
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:target: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/psycopg/psycopg2/branch/master
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:alt: Windows build status
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