node.js mysql pool connection with async/ await - mysql

Question

Is there a way to use pool.getConnection() taken from the mysqljs/mysql lib with the async/ await syntax?
The idea is to have a method which returns one connection which can be passed around amongst write queries with various foreign key constraints (sequential queries) before releasing it and at the same time potentially get further connections from the pool for the purpose of various read queries (parallel).

Answer 1

Share my working example:
I use this Promisified MySQL middleware for Node.js
read this article Create a MySQL Database Middleware with Node.js 8 and Async/Await
here is my database.js
var mysql = require('mysql');
// node -v must > 8.x
var util = require('util');
// !!!!! for node version < 8.x only !!!!!
// npm install util.promisify
//require('util.promisify').shim();
// -v < 8.x has problem with async await so upgrade -v to v9.6.1 for this to work.
// connection pool https://github.com/mysqljs/mysql [1]
var pool = mysql.createPool({
connectionLimit : process.env.mysql_connection_pool_Limit, // default:10
host : process.env.mysql_host,
user : process.env.mysql_user,
password : process.env.mysql_password,
database : process.env.mysql_database
})
// Ping database to check for common exception errors.
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
})
// Promisify for Node.js async/await.
pool.query = util.promisify(pool.query)
module.exports = pool
You must upgrade node -v > 8.x
you must use async function to be able to use await.
example:
var pool = require('./database')
// node -v must > 8.x, --> async / await
router.get('/:template', async function(req, res, next)
{
...
try {
var _sql_rest_url = 'SELECT * FROM arcgis_viewer.rest_url WHERE id='+ _url_id;
var rows = await pool.query(_sql_rest_url)
_url = rows[0].rest_url // first record, property name is 'rest_url'
if (_center_lat == null) {_center_lat = rows[0].center_lat }
if (_center_long == null) {_center_long= rows[0].center_long }
if (_center_zoom == null) {_center_zoom= rows[0].center_zoom }
_place = rows[0].place
} catch(err) {
throw new Error(err)
}

Answer 2

Mates. I don't know why but I tried all the day long but couldn't get it to work. By the help of your comments I tried again and it of course does work.
db.js:
const pool = mysql.createPool(config);
exports.getConnection = () => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
pool.getConnection(function (err, connection) {
if (err) {
return reject(err);
}
resolve(connection);
});
});
};
someWhereElse.js:
const db = require('./db');
const wrappingFunction = async () => {
const connection = await db.getConnection();
console.log(connection);
};
wrappingFunction();

Answer 3

Seems like implementing promises manually is a better option.
Just sharing what I have used in my code -
const mysql = require('mysql');
const config = require('config');
const pool = mysql.createPool(config.get('db.mysql'));
module.exports = {
checkConnection: () => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
pool.getConnection((err, conn) => {
if (err) {
return reject(err);
}
resolve(conn.release());
});
});
},
pool,
closeConnection: () => pool.end(),
};

Answer 4

Previous answers (with util.promisify) did not work for me, and only implementing Promise manually works:
Function:
async function removeItem (id) {
return new Promise( (resolve) => {
pool.query('DELETE FROM table_name WHERE id=' + id, (error) => {
resolve ({result: !error});
});
});
}
Usage:
const app = express();
const mysql = require('mysql');
const pool = mysql.createPool({
connectionLimit: 10,
host: 'localhost',
user: 'login',
password: 'pass',
database: 'dbname'
});
app.post("/:id", async (req, res) => {
const answer = await itemRemove(id);
res.send(answer);
});

Answer 5

Sure, you would have to promisify it first, which you can do since node 8.0.0 now:
const util = require('util');
async function doSomething() {
const getConnectionAsync = util.promisify(pool.getConnection);
try {
const result = await getConnectionAsync('MASTER');
}catch(err) {
console.log('Oh no');
}
}
If for some reason you can't use node 8 or above, there are other ways to promisify it, like http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.promisify.html

Answer 6

Just sharing what I've always use in my code:
//Filename: MySQL.js
module.exports = {
connect: function ()
{
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
let pool = Mysql.createPool({ //require configfile.js or just put connection detail here
connectionLimit: config.mysql.connectionLimit,
host: config.mysql.host,
user: config.mysql.user,
password: config.mysql.password,
database: config.mysql.database
});
pool.getConnection((err, connection) =>
{
try
{
if (connection)
{
resolve({"status":"success", "data":"MySQL connected.", "con":pool});
connection.release();
}
}
catch (err)
{
reject({"status":"failed", "error":`MySQL error. ${err}`});
}
resolve({"status":"failed", "error":"Error connecting to MySQL."});
});
});
}
}
Then whenever you need to call the connection to MySQL
//Filename: somefile.js
const useMySQL = require('./path/to/MySQL');
module.exports = {
getSomething: function () {
return new Promise(async (resolve) => {
try
{
let connection = await useMySQL.connect();
con = connection.con;
//Do some query here, then
resolve(`Send some result/handle error`);
}
catch (err)
{
//Handle error if any, log, etc, and eventually
resolve(err);
}
});
}
Hope this helps.