from pathlib import Path
import MySQLdb
conn = MySQLdb.connect(
 read_default_file=Path(__file__).with_name('mylogin.cnf').resolve())

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<input>", line 2, in <module>
 File "/home/test/projects/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line 85, in Connect
 return Connection(*args, **kwargs)
 File "/home/test/projects/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/MySQLdb/connections.py", line 208, in __init__
 super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs2)
TypeError: connect() argument 12 must be str, not PosixPath