how to use `charset` and `encoding` in `create_engine` of SQLAlchemy (to create pandas dataframe)?

Question

I am very confused with the way charset and encoding work in SQLAlchemy. I understand (and have read) the difference between charsets and encodings, and I h

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I just added ?charset=utf8mb4 at the end of the url.

Here is mine:

Before

SQL_ENGINE = sqlalchemy.create_engine('mysql+pymysql://'+MySQL.USER+':'+MySQL.PASSWORD+'@'+MySQL.HOST+':'+str(MySQL.PORT)+'/'+MySQL.DB_NAME)

After

SQL_ENGINE = sqlalchemy.create_engine('mysql+pymysql://'+MySQL.USER+':'+MySQL.PASSWORD+'@'+MySQL.HOST+':'+str(MySQL.PORT)+'/'+MySQL.DB_NAME + "?charset=utf8mb4")