Having issues with Node JS MySQL connection - mysql

Question

I'm creating a discord bot that pulls from a pre-established database of patch note news I have, it's my first time dealing with NodeJS and MySQL. I've got the default connection code in the file right now to test the connection and it looks like this:
require('dotenv').config();
const { Client, Intents } = require('discord.js');
const { token } = require('./config.json');
const mysql = require('mysql');
const client = new Client({ intents: [Intents.FLAGS.GUILDS] });
const con = mysql.createConnection({
host: process.env.HOST,
port: process.env.PORT,
user: process.env.MYSQLUSER,
db: process.env.DATABSE,
password: process.env.MYSQLPASSWORD,
});
con.connect((err) => {
if (err) throw err;
console.log("Connected");
})
I've tried hosting the application local on my machine with a remote connection to the SQL database and on the actual server that it lives on, so far this is all I'm getting:
/home/niemer5/news-bot/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Parser.js:437
throw err; // Rethrow non-MySQL errors
^
Error: ER_ACCESS_DENIED_ERROR: Access denied for user 'niemer5_discordbot'#'localhost' (using password: NO)
at Handshake.Sequence._packetToError (/home/niemer5/news-bot/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/sequences/Sequence.js:47:14)
at Handshake.ErrorPacket (/home/niemer5/news-bot/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/sequences/Handshake.js:123:18)
at Protocol._parsePacket (/home/niemer5/news-bot/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Protocol.js:291:23)
at Parser._parsePacket (/home/niemer5/news-bot/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Parser.js:433:10)
at Parser.write (/home/niemer5/news-bot/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Parser.js:43:10)
at Protocol.write (/home/niemer5/news-bot/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Protocol.js:38:16)
at Socket.<anonymous> (/home/niemer5/news-bot/node_modules/mysql/lib/Connection.js:88:28)
at Socket.<anonymous> (/home/niemer5/news-bot/node_modules/mysql/lib/Connection.js:526:10)
at Socket.emit (node:events:394:28)
at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:315:12)
--------------------
at Protocol._enqueue (/home/niemer5/news-bot/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Protocol.js:144:48)
at Protocol.handshake (/home/niemer5/news-bot/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Protocol.js:51:23)
at Connection.connect (/home/niemer5/news-bot/node_modules/mysql/lib/Connection.js:116:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/niemer5/news-bot/index.js:22:5)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1101:14)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1153:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:79:12)
at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47 {
code: 'ER_ACCESS_DENIED_ERROR',
errno: 1045,
sqlMessage: "Access denied for user 'niemer5_discordbot'#'localhost' (using password: NO)",
sqlState: '28000',
fatal: true
}
The user exists, it has ALL privileges, I set everything up in cPanel and also tried granting privs in SQL CLI and so far no luck it just errors out with a 1045 access denied error and I have no clue what is happening. Looking for a little guidance here!