Django 1.9 - JSONField in Models

Question

I\'m trying to set up a models file in Django 1.9 using the new JSONField. I have found examples using postgres but none with MySql. In the examples with postgres they do

Answer 1

UPDATE: Django 3.1 now supports JSONField natively for multiple databases: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/3.1/#jsonfield-for-all-supported-database-backends

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As stated in other answers, Django's native JSONField (as of 1.9 and 1.10) is for PostgreSQL.

Luckily, MySQL 5.7.8+ comes with a native JSON datatype. You can add it your Django project with the django-mysql package and Django 1.8+

pip install django-mysql

from django.db import models
from django_mysql.models import JSONField

class MyModel(models.Model):
    my_json_field = JSONField()

Read more about the django_mysql JSONField here.