{"id":42493,"date":"2024-05-29T11:44:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T11:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=42493"},"modified":"2026-02-19T04:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:42:25","slug":"connect-mysql-mariadb-with-golang","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/articles\/connect-mysql-mariadb-with-golang","title":{"rendered":"How do you Connect MySQL or MariaDB with Go Lang?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"ack-h2\">How do you Connect MySQL or MariaDB with Go Lang?<\/h2>\n<p>Go, also called Golang, is a programming language made by Google. It is similar to the C language but has added features like memory safety, garbage collection, structural typing, and easy handling of multiple tasks at once. Go is known for being simple, efficient, and easy to learn, making it popular for building network services, web applications, and command-line tools.<\/p>\n<p>In this article, we will show you how to connect a Go application to a <strong>MySQL<\/strong> or <strong>MariaDB<\/strong> database on the <a class=\"ack-link-color\" href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AccuWeb.Cloud<\/a> platform. We will cover the basic steps of setting up an environment, connecting to the database, and running a simple query.<\/p>\n<p>MySQL and MariaDB are widely used open-source databases.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the instructions below to learn how to connect a Go application hosted on the platform to one of these database servers:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ack-h2\">Environment Creation<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Step 1.<\/strong> Log in to your AccuWeb.Cloud account and click the <strong>&#8220;New Environment&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0button at the top left.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-01.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ack-article-image aligncenter wp-image-42494 size-full\" title=\"New Environment\" src=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-01.png\" alt=\"New Environment\" width=\"1011\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-01.png 1011w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-01-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-01-768x223.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1011px) 100vw, 1011px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2.<\/strong> In the setup wizard, go to the <strong>&#8220;GO Lang&#8221;<\/strong> tab and choose the <strong>MySQL<\/strong> or <strong>MariaDB<\/strong> database.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3.<\/strong> Adjust the settings (like cloudlets, disk limit, public IPs) as needed, and click <strong>&#8220;Create.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-052-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ack-article-image aligncenter wp-image-42495 size-full\" title=\"Go Lang\" src=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-052-1.png\" alt=\"Go Lang\" width=\"975\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-052-1.png 975w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-052-1-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-052-1-768x478.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your environment will be ready in a few minutes, and you will get an email with the MySQL admin and connection details.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-03.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ack-article-image aligncenter wp-image-42496 size-full\" title=\"Admin Credential\" src=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-03.png\" alt=\"Admin Credential\" width=\"731\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-03.png 731w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-03-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-03-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ack-h2\">Connecting to the Database<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Step 1.<\/strong> Access your Go server using the <a class=\"ack-link-color\" href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/articles\/access-the-environment-via-ssh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web SSH<\/a> client.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ack-article-image aligncenter wp-image-42497 size-full\" title=\"Web SSH\" src=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-04.png\" alt=\"Web SSH\" width=\"1009\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-04.png 1009w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-04-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-04-768x429.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2.<\/strong> Create a new directory for your project.<\/p>\n<p>In this example, we created a project named accuweb-go-project.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ack-ul\">\n<li><strong>$ mkdir accuweb-go-project<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>$ cd accuweb-go-project<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-space\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-03-05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ack-article-image aligncenter wp-image-42498 size-full\" title=\" Create New Directory\" src=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-03-05.png\" alt=\" Create New Directory\" width=\"1005\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-03-05.png 1005w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-03-05-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-03-05-768x195.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3.<\/strong> Initialize a Go module by running this command:<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-space\"><\/div>\n<pre><code class=\"language-javascript\">\r\n<strong>$ go mod init accuweb-go-project<\/strong><\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"article-space\"><\/div>\n<p>This will create a go.mod file in your project directory to track dependencies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-06.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ack-article-image aligncenter wp-image-42500 size-full\" title=\"Create a go.mod file \" src=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-06.png\" alt=\"Create a go.mod file \" width=\"1009\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-06.png 1009w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-06-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-06-768x159.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4.<\/strong> Prepare a simple Go script to check the connection.<\/p>\n<p>Create a file with a .go extension (e.g., nano dbconnection.go) and write this script to verify the database connection:<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-space\"><\/div>\n<pre><code class=\"language-javascript\">\r\npackage main\r\nimport (\r\n\"database\/sql\"\r\n\"fmt\"\r\n\"log\"\r\n_ \"github.com\/go-sql-driver\/mysql\"\r\n)\r\nfunc main() {\r\n\/\/ Define the MySQL connection string\r\ndsn := \"{user}:{password}@tcp({host}:3306)\/{db_name}\"\r\n\/\/ Open a connection to the database\r\ndb, err := sql.Open(\"mysql\", dsn)\r\nif err != nil {\r\nlog.Fatalf(\"Error opening database: %v\\n\", err)\r\n}\r\ndefer db.Close()\r\n\/\/ Ping the database to test the connection\r\nif err := db.Ping(); err != nil {\r\nlog.Fatalf(\"Error pinging database: %v\\n\", err)\r\n}\r\nfmt.Println(\"Successfully connected to the MySQL database!\")\r\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"article-extra-space\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ack-formula\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> Replace {host}, {user}, {password}, and {db_name} in the connection string with your actual values.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-extra-space\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-07.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ack-article-image aligncenter wp-image-42501 size-full\" title=\"Verify Database Connection\" src=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-07.png\" alt=\"Verify Database Connection\" width=\"985\" height=\"921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-07.png 985w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-07-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-07-768x718.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5.<\/strong> Install the MySQL driver by running this command:<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-space\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ack-formula\"><strong>$ go get -u github.com\/go-sql-driver\/mysql<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-space\"><\/div>\n<p>This will download the MySQL driver and update the go.mod and go.sum files.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-08.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ack-article-image aligncenter wp-image-42503 size-full\" title=\"MySQL Driver\" src=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-08.png\" alt=\"MySQL Driver\" width=\"1013\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-08.png 1013w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-08-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-08-768x194.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6.<\/strong> Run the script using the following command:<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-space\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ack-formula\"><strong>$ go run dbconnection.go<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-space\"><\/div>\n<p>If everything is set up correctly and the MySQL database is accessible with the provided credentials, you should see:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Successfully connected to the MySQL database!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-09.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ack-article-image aligncenter wp-image-42504 size-full\" title=\"Successfully Connected\" src=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-09.png\" alt=\"Successfully Connected\" width=\"988\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-09.png 988w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-09-300x91.png 300w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-09-768x233.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ack-h2\">Final Directory Structure<\/h2>\n<p>After completing these steps, your project directory should look like this:<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-space\"><\/div>\n<pre><code class=\"language-javascript\">\r\naccuweb-go-project\/\r\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 go.mod\r\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 go.sum\r\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 dbcon.go<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"article-extra-space\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ack-article-image aligncenter wp-image-42505 size-full\" title=\"Final Directory\" src=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-10.png\" alt=\"Final Directory\" width=\"991\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-10.png 991w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-10-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-10-768x345.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ack-h2\">Executing Simple Request<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Step 1.<\/strong> Create a new file with a .go extension (e.g., <strong>insert_user.go<\/strong>) using any text editor, and add the following code:<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-space\"><\/div>\n<pre><code class=\"language-javascript\">\r\npackage main\r\nimport (\r\n\"database\/sql\"\r\n\"fmt\"\r\n\"log\"\r\n_ \"github.com\/go-sql-driver\/mysql\"\r\n)\r\nfunc main() {\r\n\/\/ Define the MySQL connection string\r\ndsn := \"\"{user}:{password}@tcp({host}:3306)\/{db_name}\"\"\r\n\/\/ Open a connection to the database\r\ndb, err := sql.Open(\"mysql\", dsn)\r\nif err != nil {\r\nlog.Fatalf(\"Error opening database: %v\\n\", err)\r\n}\r\ndefer db.Close()\r\n\/\/ Define the user data to insert\r\nusername := \"Nick\"\r\nphone := \"1234567890\"\r\n\/\/ Prepare the insert statement\r\nstmt, err := db.Prepare(\"INSERT INTO user_details(username, phone) VALUES(?, ?)\")\r\nif err != nil {\r\nlog.Fatalf(\"Error preparing statement: %v\\n\", err)\r\n}\r\ndefer stmt.Close()\r\n\/\/ Execute the insert statement\r\nres, err := stmt.Exec(username, phone)\r\nif err != nil {\r\nlog.Fatalf(\"Error executing statement: %v\\n\", err)\r\n}\r\n\/\/ Get the last inserted ID\r\nlastInsertId, err := res.LastInsertId()\r\nif err != nil {\r\nlog.Fatalf(\"Error getting last insert ID: %v\\n\", err)\r\n}\r\nfmt.Printf(\"Successfully inserted user with ID: %d\\n\", lastInsertId)\r\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"article-extra-space\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ack-formula\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> Replace {host}, {user}, {password}, and {db_name} in the connection string with your actual values.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-extra-space\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ack-article-image aligncenter wp-image-42508 size-full\" title=\"Connection String\" src=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-11.png\" alt=\"Connection String\" width=\"991\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-11.png 991w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-11-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-11-768x718.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2.<\/strong> Run the script using the command:<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-space\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ack-formula\"><strong>$ go run insert_user.go<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-extra-space\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ack-article-image aligncenter wp-image-42509 size-full\" title=\"Run the Script\" src=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-12.png\" alt=\"Run the Script\" width=\"990\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-12.png 990w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-12-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-12-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Go script will connect to a MySQL database named User_details_db (make sure to use the correct hostname and credentials) and insert a new user into the user_details table. You can see that new user details are added in the user_details table.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ack-article-image aligncenter wp-image-42510 size-full\" title=\"User_details table.\" src=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-13.png\" alt=\"User_details table.\" width=\"994\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-13.png 994w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-13-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Golang-13-768x499.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ack-h2\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Connecting MySQL or MariaDB with <a class=\"ack-link-color\" href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/application\/go-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go Lang<\/a> is easy. First, set up your <a class=\"ack-link-color\" href=\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/articles\/creating-and-managing-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">environment<\/a> and start a Go module. Then, install the required MySQL driver. Next, create a simple Go script to connect to the database. This includes defining the connection details and performing basic tasks like adding data. 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