Glad to hear this is resolved, but let me add that we are currently working on full support for DB-API:

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/

The idea is to have a one stop shop (Python SDK) where you'll be able to access IRIS from Python using the standard DB-API (relational), XEP/Binding (for objects) or Native API (globals), as well as having full access to Python from IRIS (via Python Gateway/PEX).