'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'NAME': '',
'USER': '',
'PASSWORD': '',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '3306',
'OPTIONS': {
'init_command': 'ALTER DATABASE <YOUR_DB_NAME> CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci',
},
}
Grazie a https://stackoverflow.com/a/6115705/2891421