django.db.utils.OperationalError: (1698, "Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'")

create user 'django'@'localhost' identified by 'django-user-password';
grant usage on *.* to 'django'@'localhost';
grant all privileges on django-database-1.* to 'django'@'localhost';

You need to make changes in project settings.py. 
Provide USER and PASSWORD for your database
If your database isn't mysql change ENGINE

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'myproject',
        'USER': 'root',
        'PASSWORD': 'rootpassword',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '',
    }
}