# API for MySQL Database

**URL:** <https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/api-for-mysql-database/82749>\
**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [September 15, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/api-for-mysql-database/82749 "2023-09-15T22:09:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/api-for-mysql-database/82749/2 "2023-09-15T22:20:03Z")

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Hi. Welcome to the forum. In your InfinityFree account if you click your account and then databases you should see your connection info. There is more info about external connections here

> [@Connecting to MySQL from an external application](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/connecting-to-mysql-from-an-external-application/49339):
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> Sometimes, you may want to connect to your MySQL database on your free hosting account using external software, like a desktop database manager (like MySQL Workbench) or an external program you wrote yourself (like an Android or iOS app). You cannot connect to a free hosting MySQL database from outside your hosting account. You can only interact with your free hosting database through PHP scripts uploaded to your free hosting account, or through our phpMyAdmin installation. The ability to con…

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