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+from pythonforandroid.recipe import CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe
+import shutil
+import os
+
+
+class MySQLConnectorPythonRecipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
+
+    name = 'mysql-connector-python'
+    version = '8.3.0'
+    url = (
+        "https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/Connector-Python/"
+        f"mysql-connector-python-{version}-src.tar.gz"
+    )
+    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
+
+    depends = ['python3', 'setuptools']
+
+    def post_download(self, archive_fn, destination_dir):
+        super(MySQLConnectorPythonRecipe, self).post_download(archive_fn, destination_dir)
+        # Extract the downloaded tarball and ensure correct directory structure
+        self.extract_tar(archive_fn, destination_dir)
+        # Move contents to the expected directory structure
+        extracted_dir = os.path.join(
+            destination_dir, 
+            f'mysql-connector-python-{self.version}-src'
+        )
+        if os.path.exists(extracted_dir):
+            for item in os.listdir(extracted_dir):
+                shutil.move(
+                    os.path.join(extracted_dir, item), 
+                    destination_dir
+                )
+            shutil.rmtree(extracted_dir)
+
+
+recipe = MySQLConnectorPythonRecipe()