new Django website with old mysql database

[Thibaud MONTAGNON]

Hello,

I got some problems to join my mysql database to django.

I install mysqlclient and I configure :

#settings.py

->

DATABASES = {

    'default': {

        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',

        'OPTIONS': {

            'read_default_file': '/path/my.cnf',

}

    }

}

#my.cnf

->

[client]

database = ddb_event

user = root

password = ****

default-character-set = utf8

but when I run : python manage.py migrate

I got 

C:\Django\venv\mysite>python manage.py migrate

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\mysql\base.py", line 15, in <module>

    import MySQLdb as Database

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\MySQLdb\__init__.py", line 18, in <module>

    import _mysql

ImportError: DLL load failed: Le module spécifié est introuvable.

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "manage.py", line 15, in <module>

    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 381, in execute_from_command_line

    utility.execute()

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 357, in execute

    django.setup()

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\__init__.py", line 24, in setup

    apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\apps\registry.py", line 112, in populate

    app_config.import_models()

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\apps\config.py", line 198, in import_models

    self.models_module = import_module(models_module_name)

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module

    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 677, in _load_unlocked

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 728, in exec_module

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\models.py", line 2, in <module>

    from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser, BaseUserManager

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\base_user.py", line 47, in <module>

    class AbstractBaseUser(models.Model):

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py", line 101, in __new__

    new_class.add_to_class('_meta', Options(meta, app_label))

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py", line 305, in add_to_class

    value.contribute_to_class(cls, name)

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\options.py", line 203, in contribute_to_class

    self.db_table = truncate_name(self.db_table, connection.ops.max_name_length())

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\db\__init__.py", line 33, in __getattr__

    return getattr(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS], item)

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\db\utils.py", line 202, in __getitem__

    backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE'])

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\db\utils.py", line 110, in load_backend

    return import_module('%s.base' % backend_name)

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module

    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)

  File "C:\Program Files\Python37\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\mysql\base.py", line 20, in <module>

    ) from err

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

Did you install mysqlclient?

Can you help me please ? (I'm new with django)