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From: Philippe Strauss <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Safe SELECT ... LIKE abc% in psycopg
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 18:34:40 +0200
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)

Hello, I'm Philippe from switzerland,

I'm writing using python a small JSON API for a mycology photos archive 
webapp. Aside the main API endpoint are two
helpers for an autocomplete form.
Here is the first one:

--8<--
@app.route('/genus/<genus>')
def genus(genus):
     with dbconn.cursor() as cur:
         cur.execute("""SELECT myco.genus.name
             FROM myco.genus
             WHERE myco.genus.name LIKE %s""", (genus.upper()+'%',))
         lsgenus = cur.fetchall()
         ls = []
         for genus in lsgenus:
             ls.append(genus[0])
     return jsonify(ls)
--8<--

My questions:
- What is the best way to use in psycopg3 to express a SELECT ... WHERE 
... LIKE blah% ?
- Is my code above safe or vulnerable to a injection attack?
- What peoples having passed on the same pattern have to recommend?

Thanks!

-- 
Philippe Strauss
https://straussengineering.ch/

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