Connecting to MySQL through Node.js - mysql

Question

I am trying to connect to MySQL database using Javascript through the code I found online:
var mysql = require('mysql');
var con = mysql.createConnection({
host: "localhost",
user: "yourusername",
password: "yourpassword",
database: "Restaurants",
socketPath: '/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock'
});
con.connect(function(err) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log("Connected!");
var sql = "INSERT INTO customers (name, address) VALUES ('Company
Inc', 'Highway 37')";
con.query(sql, function (err, result) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log("1 record inserted");
});
});
Per online suggestions, I have added the following path to the socket:
socketPath: '/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock'
Running this file through the Terminal, I get the following error:
Error: connect ELOOP
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock
at PipeConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1191:14)
at Protocol._enqueue
(/Users/aliaksandrnenartovich/node_modules/mysql
/lib/protocol/Protocol.js:144:48)
at Protocol.handshake
(/Users/aliaksandrnenartovich/node_modules/mysql
/lib/protocol/Protocol.js:51:23)
at Connection.connect (/Users/aliaksandrnenartovich/node_modules
/mysql/lib/Connection.js:119:18)
at Object.<anonymous>
(/Users/aliaksandrnenartovich/Desktop/JScript/te.js:11:5)
at Module._compile (module.js:653:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:664:10)
at Module.load (module.js:566:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:506:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:498:3)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:694:10)
I have XAMPP 5.6.33-0 installed, and I can successfully start the Apache server and MySQL database manually, but when I try to connect through Node.js it does not work. I have researched this error online but there seems to be little information as to what may be going on. I understand that this has something to do with mysql.sock file but I am just not sure how to deal with it.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

Have you successfully connected to the database with those credentials/parameters using some SQL client like MySQL Workbench? Just to be sure they are correct.