Use pymysql for sql connection.

utilities/sql_data_classes.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.ext.automap import automap_base
 from utilities import config
 
 # connect with sql alchemy and autoload schema
-url = f"mysql://{config.SQL_USER}:{config.SQL_PASS}@{config.SQL_HOST}/{config.SQL_DB}"
+url = f"mysql+pymysql://{config.SQL_USER}:{config.SQL_PASS}@{config.SQL_HOST}/{config.SQL_DB}"
 engine = create_engine(url)
 Base = automap_base()
 Base.prepare(autoload_with=engine)