Merge pull request #1 from iotmani/iotmani-patch-1

Fix for error when missing MySQLdb

Author: iotmani

appengine/standard_python37/django/mysite/settings.py

@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/#databases
 
+# Check to see if MySQLdb is available; if not, have pymysql masquerade as
+# MySQLdb. This is a convenience feature for developers who cannot install
+# MySQLdb locally; when running in production on Google App Engine Standard
+# Environment, MySQLdb will be used.
+try:
+    import MySQLdb  # noqa: F401
+except ImportError:
+    import pymysql
+    pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
+
 # [START db_setup]
 if os.getenv('GAE_APPLICATION', None):
     # Running on production App Engine, so connect to Google Cloud SQL using