So, I was re-configuring my SQL and decided to move back from my.conf to settings.py (context: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/databases/#mysql-notes)
'
read_default_file': '/path/to/my.cnf',
# my.cnf [client] database = NAME user = USER password = PASSWORD default-character-set = utf8
So I was shifting from my.conf to settings.py I got an error
TypeError: 'default-character-set' is an invalid keyword argument for connect
My code:
'Options':{
'default-character-set': utf8
}
The option is charset
'Options':{
'charset': 'utf8mb4'
}