1# Cloud SQL proxy dialer for Go
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3You can also use the Cloud SQL proxy directly from a Go program.
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5These packages are primarily used as implementation for the Cloud SQL proxy
6command, and may be changed in backwards incompatible ways in the future.
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8## Usage
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10If your program is written in [Go](https://golang.org) you can use the Cloud SQL
11Proxy as a library, avoiding the need to start the Proxy as a companion process.
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13Alternatively, there are Cloud SQL Connectors for [Java][] and [Python][].
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15
16### MySQL
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18If you're using the MySQL [go-sql-driver][go-mysql] you can use helper
19functions found in the [`proxy/dialers/mysql`][mysql-godoc]
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21See [example usage](dialers/mysql/hook_test.go).
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23### Postgres
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25If you're using the Postgres [lib/pq](https://github.com/lib/pq), you can
26use the `cloudsqlpostgres` driver from [here](proxy/dialers/postgres).
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28See [example usage](dialers/postgres/hook_test.go).
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30[Java]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-jdbc-socket-factory
31[Python]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-python-connector
32[go-mysql]: https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql
33[mysql-godoc]: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloudsql-proxy/proxy/dialers/mysql
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