PyMySQL yeet database connection

gistfile1.txt

"""
The below code will connect to a very old and insecure MySQL database. Do not use this for anything important!
No warranty is expressed or implied.
You must use Python ≤3.9 to be able to connect with OpenSSL 1.0
"""

    ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
    # https://stackoverflow.com/a/69457639/14068848
    ctx.set_ciphers('ALL:@SECLEVEL=0')
    # https://stackoverflow.com/a/33770290/14068848
    ctx.check_hostname = False
    ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE

    # https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/issues/5491#issuecomment-1241862323
    ctx.options |= 0x4  # OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT
    return pymysql.connect(
        host=config.db_host,
        user=config.db_user,
        password=config.db_pass,
        ssl=ctx,
        charset='utf8mb4')