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

This works for me .

from sqlalchemy import create_engine
from sqlalchemy.engine.url import URL

db_url = {
    'database': "dbname",
    'drivername': 'mysql',
    'username': 'myname',
    'password': 'mypassword',
    'host': '127.0.0.1',
    'query': {'charset': 'utf8'},  # the key-point setting
}

engine = create_engine(URL(**db_url), encoding="utf8")