Can't connect the postgreSQL with psycopg2

Question

It's the first time that I can't find the answer about some tech problems Here's my problems:

>> conn=psycopg2.connect(database="mydb", user="postgres", password="123",port=5432)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
psycopg2.OperationalError: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
    Is the server running locally and accepting
    connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?

1. My postgreSQL is running
2. My listeningport is 5432 for sure
3. root@lanston-laptop:~# psql -l Password:

                                       List of databases
         Name      |  Owner   | Encoding | Collation  |   Ctype    |   Access privileges 
    ---------------+----------+----------+------------+------------+-----------------------
     checkdatabase | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.utf8 | en_US.utf8 |
     mydb          | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.utf8 | en_US.utf8 |
     postgres      | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.utf8 | en_US.utf8 |
     template0     | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.utf8 | en_US.utf8 | =c/postgres          +
                   |          |          |            |            | postgres=CTc/postgres
     template1     | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.utf8 | en_US.utf8 | =c/postgres          +
                   |          |          |            |            | postgres=CTc/postgres

Thanks a lot!

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5500332/cant-connect-the-postgresql-with-psycopg2

Answer 1

Your libpq, which is used by psycopg2 expects Postgres socket to be in /var/run/postgresql/ but when you install Postgres from source it is by default it in /tmp/.

Check if there is a file /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 instead of /var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432. Try:

conn=psycopg2.connect(
  database="mydb",
  user="postgres",
  host="/tmp/",
  password="123"
)