I was facing the similar issue. My env details - Python 2.7.11 pip 9.0.1 CentOS release 5.11 (Final)

Error on python interpreter -

>>> import mysql.connector
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named mysql.connector
>>>

Use pip to search the available module -

 $ pip search mysql-connector | grep --color mysql-connector-python



mysql-connector-python-rf (2.2.2)        - MySQL driver written in Python
mysql-connector-python (2.0.4)           - MySQL driver written in Python

Install the mysql-connector-python-rf -

$ pip install mysql-connector-python-rf

Verify

$ python
Python 2.7.11 (default, Apr 26 2016, 13:18:56)
[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-54)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import mysql.connector
>>>

I was facing the similar issue. My env details - Python 2.7.11 pip 9.0.1 CentOS release 5.11 (Final)

Error on python interpreter -

>>> import mysql.connector
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named mysql.connector
>>>

Use pip to search the available module -

$ pip search mysql-connector | grep --color mysql-connector-python



mysql-connector-python-rf (2.2.2)        - MySQL driver written in Python
mysql-connector-python (2.0.4)           - MySQL driver written in Python

Install the mysql-connector-python-rf -

$ pip install mysql-connector-python-rf

Verify

$ python
Python 2.7.11 (default, Apr 26 2016, 13:18:56)
[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-54)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import mysql.connector
>>>

Thanks =)

For python3 and later use the next command: $ pip3 install mysql-connector-python-rf

The solution is to install corresponding Python 3 module:

sudo apt-get install python3-mysql.connector

It fixes import mysql.connector error:

$ python3
Python 3.5.2 (default, Nov 23 2017, 16:37:01) 
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import mysql.connector
>>> 

And similar for Python 2:

sudo apt-get install python-mysql.connector

$ python2
Python 2.7.12 (default, Dec  4 2017, 14:50:18) 
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import mysql.connector
>>> 

It could be the case where you are running the Python file with the wrong Python installation. In VS Code we can choose the interpreter using which we want to run our Python file.

By default, the Python extension looks for and uses the first Python interpreter it finds in the system path. To select a specific environment, use the Python: Select Interpreter command from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P).

Just choose Python 3.8.9 from the list of interpreters. For complete guide you can refer to the documentation: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/environments#_select-and-activate-an-environment

Just try this command:

pip install mysql-connector-python-rf

then try your command again, it'll run correctly.

windows:

python -m pip install mysql-connector-python

Linux (Debian):

sudo -m pip install mysql-connector-python

python code:

import mysql.connector as mysql
mysql.connect(host="server-ip-here", user="mysql-username-here", password="mysql-password-here", database="database-name-here")