Pycharm - Python 3.7 - Cannot install mySQLclient

Question

I'm trying to install mysqlclient package in order to run my scripts over mySQL databases but I'm getting frutred since I already tried multiple options (PyMySQL, etc.) and none of those worked for me.

I'm trying to install using Pycharm import libraries and I am getting the following log error:

Collecting mysqlclient
     creating build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb
    -ID:\Users\user\PycharmProjects\data_science\venv\include -ID:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\include -ID:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\include "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.10240.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\winrt" /TcMySQLdb/_mysql.c /Fobuild\temp.win32-3.7\Release\MySQLdb/_mysql.obj /Zl /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
    _mysql.c
    MySQLdb/_mysql.c(29): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'mysql.h': No such file or directory
    error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\VC\\BIN\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2

Which others possibilities that I have? Make a downgrade of Python to 2.7?

On my code I use the following imports:

import mysql.connector
from sqlalchemy import create_engine

Thanks for that

Answer 1

Not a direct solution, but why don't you use mysql.connector , which is fully supported by python3 and recommend by mysql ?

Install:

pip install mysql-connector-python

Connect:

import mysql.connector
cnx = mysql.connector.connect(user='scott', password='password', host='127.0.0.1', database='employees')
cnx.close()

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References:

• Connecting to MySQL Using Connector/Python
• MySQL Connector/Python Coding Examples
• Python MySQL Get Started