Cimb posted

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module.

i installed mysql with php and i want to use same server for the Django

i changed the settings.py


DATABASES = {
   'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', 
        'NAME': 'dbname'
        'USER': 'user',
        'PASSWORD': 'password',
        'HOST': 'localhost',   
        'PORT': '8041',
    }  
}

when i run the Django server i got following error

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module.
Did you install mysqlclient?

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kord
answered Apr 25 '23 00:00

The django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured error occurs when Django is unable to load the MySQLdb module, which is required for interacting with a MySQL database in Django.

This error can occur for several reasons, including:

1.The MySQLdb module is not installed on your system. You can install it using the following command in your terminal:


pip install mysqlclient

2.Your Django project is not configured to use the correct database engine. Make sure that your DATABASES setting in your project's settings .py file is configured to use the mysql engine, like so:


DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'your_database_name',
        'USER': 'your_database_user',
        'PASSWORD': 'your_database_password',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '',
    }
}

3.Your system does not have the necessary dependencies to build the MySQLdb module. You can install the dependencies by running the following command in your terminal:


sudo apt-get install python3-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev build-essential

Once you have resolved the issue causing the ImproperlyConfigured error, you should be able to use Django with your MySQL database.

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django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module.

kord answered Apr 25 '23 00:00

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