node js Express mysql connection

Question

this is very first time i am writing in node (Express) js, i am trying to connect my database (Mysql).Here what i found the code for my app.js file.

app.js

var express = require('express'),
mysql = require('mysql');

// Application initialization

var bodyParser = require('body-parser');

var connection = mysql.createConnection({
host : 'localhost',
user : 'root',
password : ''
});
var app = module.exports = express.createServer();

// Database setup

connection.query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test', function (err) {
if (err) throw err;
connection.query('USE test', function (err) {
if (err) throw err;
connection.query('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users('
+ 'id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,'
+ 'PRIMARY KEY(id),'
+ 'name VARCHAR(30)'
+ ')', function (err) {
if (err) throw err;
});
});
});

// Configuration

app.use(express.bodyParser());

// Main route sends our HTML file

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
res.sendfile(__dirname + '/index.html');
});

// Update MySQL database

app.post('/users', function (req, res) {
connection.query('INSERT INTO users SET ?', req.body,
function (err, result) {
if (err) throw err;
res.send('User added to database with ID: ' + result.insertId);
}
);
});

// Begin listening

app.listen(3000);
console.log("Express server listening on port %d in %s mode", app.address().port, app.settings.env);

but when i am running this app.js file in CMD >node app.js

i get this error.

c:\express\testproject>node app.js

c:\express\testproject\app.js:13
var app = module.exports = express.createServer();
                                   ^
TypeError: Object function createApplication() {
  var app = function(req, res, next) {
    app.handle(req, res, next);
  };

  mixin(app, proto);
  mixin(app, EventEmitter.prototype);

  app.request = { __proto__: req, app: app };
  app.response = { __proto__: res, app: app };
  app.init();
  return app;
} has no method 'createServer'
    at Object.<anonymous> (c:\express\testproject\app
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:1
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
    at startup (node.js:119:16)
    at node.js:902:3

I am unable to figure out what exactly the issue is.

Denys Séguret · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-13 07:26:39Z

3

You seem to be using Express 4 while your code is written for Express 3.

createServer has been removed.

Just use express() to create a new app.

Reference : Migrating from Express 3 to Express 4

answered May 13, 2014 at 7:26

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Eshwar Prasad Yaddanapudi · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-06 10:50:43Z

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has no method 'createServer'.

This explains you the reason. So your line of code

var app = module.exports = express.createServer();

is not a valid call. So as explained above you have Express 4 on your working directory and you have called the method that belongs to Express 3.

var app = express();

answered Sep 6, 2015 at 10:50

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Ashutosh Niranjan · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-26 06:25:53Z

first install mysql module

npm install mysql –save

then create a file db.js or the name u prefer.

import mysql from 'mysql';
var connection = mysql.createConnection({
    host: 'DB_host',
    user: 'DB_user',
    password: 'DB_password',
    database:'DB_name'
});

connection.connect(function(err) {
    if (err) {
        console.error('error connecting: ' + err.stack);
        return;
    }
    console.log('data base connected as id ' + connection.threadId);
});

connection.on('error', function(err) {
    console.log('db error normal;', err);
    if(err.code === 'PROTOCOL_CONNECTION_LOST') {
        console.log('connect lost');                        
    } 
    else {                                     
        throw err;                                 
    }
});

//keep active your database connection

setInterval(function () {
    console.log('timeout completed'); 
    var sql="select id from table_name limit 1";
    connection.query(sql, function(err, result, field){
        console.log('running query for non idle ');
    });
}, 600000); 

module.exports = {connection, mysql};

hamedkke · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-17 08:58:10Z

0

you can use sequlize

const sequelize = new Sequelize(env.database, env.username, env.password, {
host: env.host,

 dialect: env.dialect,
 operatorsAliases: 1,

pool: {
  max: env.max,
  min: env.pool.min,
  acquire: env.pool.acquire,
  idle: env.pool.idle
}
});

answered Dec 17, 2019 at 8:58

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