import downloader as dldr if __name__ == "__main__": dbc = dldr.DBConnectionCreator( dbname="aact_db" ,user="root" ,host="will-office" ,port=5432 ,password="root") with open('selected_trials.sql','r') as fh: sqlfile = fh.read() with dbc.new() as connection: with connection.cursor() as curse: curse.execute(sqlfile)