ImportError: No module named MySQLdb

If you’re having issues compiling the binary extension, or on a platform where you cant, you can try using the pure python PyMySQL bindings.

Simply pip install pymysql and switch your SQLAlchemy URI to start like this:

SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'mysql+pymysql://.....'

There are some other drivers you could also try.

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