Django connecting to Mysql on an M1 mac throws NameError

I am having an error when using django to use the Mysql connection to either a local or remote database. Initial error that i had when i tried to install mysqlclient were resolved when in installed using brew mysqlserver and client. I can connect to the local db through command line but when i use the connection through django i get this error.

Exception in thread django-main-thread:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line 18, in <module>
    from . import _mysql
ImportError: dlopen(/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/MySQLdb/_mysql.cpython-39-darwin.so, 2): Symbol not found: _mysql_affected_rows
  Referenced from: /Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/MySQLdb/_mysql.cpython-39-darwin.so
  Expected in: flat namespace
 in /Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/MySQLdb/_mysql.cpython-39-darwin.so

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/threading.py", line 954, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/threading.py", line 892, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/utils/autoreload.py", line 53, in wrapper
    fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 110, in inner_run
    autoreload.raise_last_exception()
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/utils/autoreload.py", line 76, in raise_last_exception
    raise _exception[1]
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 357, in execute
    autoreload.check_errors(django.setup)()
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/utils/autoreload.py", line 53, in wrapper
    fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/__init__.py", line 24, in setup
    apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 114, in populate
    app_config.import_models()
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/apps/config.py", line 211, in import_models
    self.models_module = import_module(models_module_name)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1030, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 680, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 790, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 228, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/models.py", line 2, in <module>
    from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser, BaseUserManager
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/base_user.py", line 48, in <module>
    class AbstractBaseUser(models.Model):
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 122, in __new__
    new_class.add_to_class('_meta', Options(meta, app_label))
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 326, in add_to_class
    value.contribute_to_class(cls, name)
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/options.py", line 206, in contribute_to_class
    self.db_table = truncate_name(self.db_table, connection.ops.max_name_length())
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 28, in __getattr__
    return getattr(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS], item)
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 214, in __getitem__
    backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE'])
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 111, in load_backend
    return import_module('%s.base' % backend_name)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 15, in <module>
    import MySQLdb as Database
  File "/Users/vignes/Documents/Development/testmysql/env_test/lib/python3.9/site-packages/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
    version_info, _mysql.version_info, _mysql.__file__
NameError: name '_mysql' is not defined
    

I found a workaround for this problem.
How to use PyMySQL with Django - Adam Johnson

used pymysql to connect to the mysqldb.

Getting same error above while working with mysql and django.
Can any one help

I installed MAMP and connected to it. after installing the mysqlserver using brew and installing the client binaries.

By the way you can also try mariadb if you intend to use docker with it.