django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: mysqlclient 1.4.0 or newer is required； you have 0.10.1

背景

django 3.1,Python3.8.2  启动项目报错如下：

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: mysqlclient 1.4.0 or newer is required; you have 0.10.1.

解决

项目的__init__文件加如下内容

import pymysql
pymysql.version_info = (1, 4, 13, "final", 0)
pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()

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