Express taking forever to load mySQL query? - mysql

Question

I'm trying to query a single line from a 28k record database as a test but it isn't going through but when I load up 'localhost:3001/api/get' it stays loading, even though my connection says success? Is it actually even connecting to the db?
my data bases schema is:
id | state_name | city
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const mysql = require('mysql');
const cors = require('cors');
const db = mysql.createPool({
host: "localhost",
user: "root",
password: "password",
database: "states_city"
});
app.use(cors());
app.use(express.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended:true}));
app.get('/api/get', (req, res)=>{
const sqlGet = "SELECT city FROM state_city city = 'Chicago'";
db.query(sqlGet, (err, res)=>{
console.log("success");
});
});
app.listen(3001, ()=>{
console.log("running on port 3001");
});

Answer 1

First you must make server running. Remove that API route you had set before running server.
app.listen(3001, ()=>{
console.log("running on port 3001");
});
Now you must create database connection. Create new file dbconn.js
var mysql = require('mysql');
const db = mysql.createPool({
host: "localhost",
user: "root",
password: "password",
database: "states_city"
});
Now create new connection:
var new_connection = mysql.createPool(
db
);
new_connection.on('connection', function (connection) {
console.log('DB Connection established');
connection.on('error', function (err) {
console.error(new Date(), 'MySQL error', err.code);
});
connection.on('close', function (err) {
console.error(new Date(), 'MySQL close', err);
});
});
// export connection
module.exports = new_connection;
Include that connection in other file:
var db_connection = require('../dbconn');
db_connection.query(query, params, function (error, results, fields) {
//Do your query
});
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