python setup.py egg_info mysqlclient

Question

Trying to install mysqlclient using pip3 on Python 3.6.0

$ pip3 install mysqlclient
Collecting mysqlclient
  Using cached mysqlclient-1.3.10.tar.gz
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Answer 1

Personally I recommend using pymysql instead of using mysqlclient. You can install pymysql with:

pip install pymysql

And you might edit your SQLAlchemy URL to:

mysql+pymysql://username:passwd@hostname/database