mysql Nodejs pool.getConnection returns undefined - mysql

Question

I am trying to recreate mysql Nodejs transaction using async await syntax. This is what the documentation shows without async/await:
connection.beginTransaction(function(err) {
if (err) { throw err; }
connection.query('INSERT INTO posts SET title=?', title, function (error, results, fields) {
if (error) {
return connection.rollback(function() {
throw error;
});
}
var log = 'Post ' + results.insertId + ' added';
connection.query('INSERT INTO log SET data=?', log, function (error, results, fields) {
if (error) {
return connection.rollback(function() {
throw error;
});
}
connection.commit(function(err) {
if (err) {
return connection.rollback(function() {
throw err;
});
}
console.log('success!');
});
});
});
});
I have created an async pool that I can use with async await:
let util=require('util')
let pool = mysql.createPool({
connectionLimit: 20,
host: keys.connection.host,
user: keys.connection.user,
password: keys.connection.password,
database: keys.connection.database,
dateStrings: true
// debug:true //Set this to true for verbose debugging. Leaving this to default for now cause it is creating too many messages at my console
})
pool.getConnection((err, connection) => {
if (err) {
if (err.code === 'PROTOCOL_CONNECTION_LOST') {
console.error('Database connection was closed.')
}
if (err.code === 'ER_CON_COUNT_ERROR') {
console.error('Database has too many connections.')
}
if (err.code === 'ECONNREFUSED') {
console.error('Database connection was refused.')
}
}
if (connection) connection.release()
return
})
pool.query = util.promisify(pool.query)
module.exports = pool
To convert the documentation to async/await I tried to do :
const connection = await pool.getConnection();
await connection.beginTransaction();
but I am getting:
TypeError: Cannot read property 'beginTransaction' of undefined