I am trying to connect an external (not AWS) MySql server from an AWS Lambda function written in Node.js using nodejs14.x environment, but the connect() callback is not called.
I am been struggling with this problem since days, there are a lot of references to similar issues but I really tried all possible permutations of solutions I found.
I am deploying with SAM and testing both on local machine and on real AWS.
Here is the sample code of the lambda helper
const mysql = require('mysql');
exports.helloFromLambdaHandler = async () => {
const message = 'Hello from Lambda!';
console.info(`${message}`);
var sql = "SELECT 1+? AS sum";
var values = [1];
console.log("Doing createConnection");
const connection = mysql.createConnection({
/* my connection data */
});
console.log("Doing connect");
connection.connect( (err) => {
console.log("Inside connection callback");
console.log('connected as id ' + connection.threadId);
if(!err) {
console.log("DB connected, thread id is " + connection.threadId);
console.log("Doing query");
connection.query(sql, values, (err, result, values) => {
console.log("Inside query callback");
if(!err) {
console.log("Query ok!");
console.log(result);
connection.end();
} else {
console.log("Error executing query: " + err.message);
}
});
} else {
console.log("Error connecting db: "+ err.message);
}
});
console.log ("Returning...");
return message;
}
The log is
Hello from Lambda!
Doing createConnection
Doing connect
Returning...
The expected behaviour is that after "Returning..." I should see the log "Inside connection callback" then "Inside query callback" and then "Query ok!".
Instead the callback of connect() appears not invoked.
I know that I can call query() directly skipping connect() but also doing so I encounter same issue.
Any clue?
Thank you!
SOLUTION
As suggested by the accepted answer, returning a promise is the solution to let Node complete all the queue. Unfortunately it's not possible to complete the Lambda and leave it running in background in a safe manner, for what I understand.
I am investigating alternative solutions such as:
mysql2 library which supports promises natively
serverless-mysql npm package which handles shared db connections
Below the running demo code
const mysql = require('mysql');
exports.helloFromLambdaHandler = async (event, context) => {
const message = 'Hello from Lambda!';
console.info(`${message}`);
var sql = "SELECT 1+? AS sum";
var values = [1];
console.log("Doing createConnection");
const connection = mysql.createConnection({
/* my connection data */
});
console.log("Doing query");
const promise = new Promise( (resolve, reject) => {
connection.query(sql, values, (err, result, values) => {
console.log("Inside query callback");
if(!err) {
console.log("Query ok!");
console.log(result);
connection.end();
resolve(message);
} else {
console.log("Error executing query: " + err.message);
reject(err);
}
});
});
console.log ("Returning...");
return promise;
}
You are using async handler, thus your function probably completes before your connect() has a chance to execute.
To try to overcome the issue, you can use Promise as shown in AWS docs.
I was looking for some help in regards to a database package that I'm building for a larger application. The application will essentially keep certain information on a database through the use of the mysql package in npm. The problem I'm facing is that when I try to pass the results variable to a variable that I've created I always get undefined. Though if I place a log statement underneath the variable transfer statement displaying the results variable it will be properly populated. I've done a fair amount of research and believe that this has something to do with promises and/or the callback function that's part of the query. I was wondering if I could have someone examine my code and let me know the best course of action. I've spent a couple of hours on this researching online and trying various solutions but nothing has worked.
const mysql = require("mysql");
var sqlResults;
var pool = mysql.createPool({
host: "example.com",
user: "exampleUser",
password: "123456Password",
database: "TestDB"
});
module.exports = {
...
databaseSelect: function(table, fields, conditionalStmt) {
pool.getConnection(function(err, connection) {
if (err)
throw err;
console.log("Connected to the example DB!");
var sql = "SELECT " + fields + " FROM " + table + " " + conditionalStmt;
connection.query(sql, function(error, results, fields) {
console.log("Successfully retrieved records from " + table + "\n\t" + sql);
sqlResults = results;
connection.release();
sqlResults = results;
console.log(results);
if (error)
throw error;
});
});
console.log(sqlResults);
return sqlResults;
}
}
Here's a sample of the output that I'm receiving:
I am ready!
undefined
undefined
Connected to the example DB!
Successfully retrieved records from User_Level_Info
SELECT HashID, Level, Experience FROM User_Level_Info WHERE HashID = 'e578059cabc6f937f0219127384126143e272acbac52c331345d573e0f085d21'
[ RowDataPacket {
HashID: 'e578059cabc6f937f0219127384126143e272acbac52c331345d573e0f085d21',
Level: 1,
Experience: 0 } ]
Here convert it into a Promise.
So this will wait until it gets resolved or reject
databaseSelect: function(table, fields, conditionalStmt) {
return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
pool.getConnection(function(err, connection) {
if (err)
return reject(err);
console.log("Connected to the example DB!");
var sql = "SELECT " + fields + " FROM " + table + " " + conditionalStmt;
connection.query(sql, function(error, results, fields) {
console.log("Successfully retrieved records from " + table + "\n\t" + sql);
sqlResults = results;
connection.release();
sqlResults = results;
console.log(results);
if (error)
return reject(error);
});
});
resolve(sqlResults);
});
}
//call your function
databaseSelect(params)
.then(function(rows) {
console.log(rows)
})
.catch((err) {
console.log(err)
}); // Throw async to escape the promise chain
I have a very basic scenario, I am making a create operation call to MySQL in my NodeJS application. Once I get result of create operation (success or failure) I have to execute some code.
But now due to asynchronous behavior of NodeJS my code which is dependent on result MySQL create operation is getting executed before MySQL create operation sends results back.
Here is my code
calculation.js
var mysql = require("mysql");
var methods = {};
// Creating connection
methods.executeQuery = function(selectQuery, values){
var result;
var con = mysql.createConnection({
host: "localhost",
user: "root",
password: "*********",
database: "******"
});
// getting connection
con.connect(function(err){
if(err){
console.log('Error connecting to Db');
return;
}
console.log('Connection established');
});
con.query(selectQuery, values, function(err,rows){
if(err) throw err;
console.log(rows);
result = rows;
console.log(result);
return result;
});
}
module.exports = methods;
client.js
var execute = require("./calculate.js");
var selectQuery = 'INSERT INTO users (username,password) VALUES (?,?)';
var values = ['sohamsoham12','sohamsoham12'];
var insertedRowInfo = execute.executeQuery(selectQuery, values);
if(insertedRowInfo){
console.log("true");
}else{
console.log("false");
}
I don't know if I correctly understand your question (what is the "create operation", for example?). But...
You can try this solution: execute the query inside the connect success callback:
// getting connection and executing query
con.connect(function(err){
if(err){
console.log('Error connecting to Db');
return;
}
console.log('Connection established');
con.query(selectQuery, values, function(err,rows){
if(err) throw err;
console.log(rows);
result = rows;
console.log(result);
return result; // this can't work... you should invoke a callback function, here...
});
});
UPDATE:
After OP comment, I now fully understand the question... (sorry :-().
You just miss a bit of async behavior... :-)
You should simply change methods.executeQuery from
function(selectQuery, values) {
...
}
to
function(selectQuery, values, callback) {
...
}
Then, instead using
return result;
You should simply use
callback(err, result); // if any error occurred
or
callback(null, result); // if no error occurred
Then, in client.js, when calling the executeQuery method, instead of
var insertedRowInfo = execute.executeQuery(selectQuery, values);
You should simply do
execute.executeQuery(selectQuery, values, function(err, insertedRowInfo) {
if (err) {
// handle error
} else {
// handle success, using insertedRowInfo...
}
});
I have a python background and is currently migrating to node.js. I have problem adjusting to node.js due to its asynchronous nature.
For example, I am trying to return a value from a MySQL function.
function getLastRecord(name)
{
var connection = getMySQL_connection();
var query_str =
"SELECT name, " +
"FROM records " +
"WHERE (name = ?) " +
"LIMIT 1 ";
var query_var = [name];
var query = connection.query(query_str, query_var, function (err, rows, fields) {
//if (err) throw err;
if (err) {
//throw err;
console.log(err);
logger.info(err);
}
else {
//console.log(rows);
return rows;
}
}); //var query = connection.query(query_str, function (err, rows, fields) {
}
var rows = getLastRecord('name_record');
console.log(rows);
After some reading up, I realize the above code cannot work and I need to return a promise due to node.js's asynchronous nature. I cannot write node.js code like python. How do I convert getLastRecord() to return a promise and how do I handle the returned value?
In fact, what I want to do is something like this;
if (getLastRecord() > 20)
{
console.log("action");
}
How can this be done in node.js in a readable way?
I would like to see how promises can be implemented in this case using bluebird.
This is gonna be a little scattered, forgive me.
First, assuming this code uses the mysql driver API correctly, here's one way you could wrap it to work with a native promise:
function getLastRecord(name)
{
return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
// The Promise constructor should catch any errors thrown on
// this tick. Alternately, try/catch and reject(err) on catch.
var connection = getMySQL_connection();
var query_str =
"SELECT name, " +
"FROM records " +
"WHERE (name = ?) " +
"LIMIT 1 ";
var query_var = [name];
connection.query(query_str, query_var, function (err, rows, fields) {
// Call reject on error states,
// call resolve with results
if (err) {
return reject(err);
}
resolve(rows);
});
});
}
getLastRecord('name_record').then(function(rows) {
// now you have your rows, you can see if there are <20 of them
}).catch((err) => setImmediate(() => { throw err; })); // Throw async to escape the promise chain
So one thing: You still have callbacks. Callbacks are just functions that you hand to something to call at some point in the future with arguments of its choosing. So the function arguments in xs.map(fn), the (err, result) functions seen in node and the promise result and error handlers are all callbacks. This is somewhat confused by people referring to a specific kind of callback as "callbacks," the ones of (err, result) used in node core in what's called "continuation-passing style", sometimes called "nodebacks" by people that don't really like them.
For now, at least (async/await is coming eventually), you're pretty much stuck with callbacks, regardless of whether you adopt promises or not.
Also, I'll note that promises aren't immediately, obviously helpful here, as you still have a callback. Promises only really shine when you combine them with Promise.all and promise accumulators a la Array.prototype.reduce. But they do shine sometimes, and they are worth learning.
I have modified your code to use Q(NPM module) promises.
I Assumed your 'getLastRecord()' function that you specified in above snippet works correctly.
You can refer following link to get hold of Q module
Click here : Q documentation
var q = require('q');
function getLastRecord(name)
{
var deferred = q.defer(); // Use Q
var connection = getMySQL_connection();
var query_str =
"SELECT name, " +
"FROM records " +
"WHERE (name = ?) " +
"LIMIT 1 ";
var query_var = [name];
var query = connection.query(query_str, query_var, function (err, rows, fields) {
//if (err) throw err;
if (err) {
//throw err;
deferred.reject(err);
}
else {
//console.log(rows);
deferred.resolve(rows);
}
}); //var query = connection.query(query_str, function (err, rows, fields) {
return deferred.promise;
}
// Call the method like this
getLastRecord('name_record')
.then(function(rows){
// This function get called, when success
console.log(rows);
},function(error){
// This function get called, when error
console.log(error);
});
I am new to Node.js and promises. I was searching for a while for something that will meet my needs and this is what I ended up using after combining several examples I found. I wanted the ability to acquire connection per query and release it right after the query finishes (querySql), or to get a connection from pool and use it within Promise.using scope, or release it whenever I would like it (getSqlConnection).
Using this method you can concat several queries one after another without nesting them.
db.js
var mysql = require('mysql');
var Promise = require("bluebird");
Promise.promisifyAll(mysql);
Promise.promisifyAll(require("mysql/lib/Connection").prototype);
Promise.promisifyAll(require("mysql/lib/Pool").prototype);
var pool = mysql.createPool({
host: 'my_aws_host',
port: '3306',
user: 'my_user',
password: 'my_password',
database: 'db_name'
});
function getSqlConnection() {
return pool.getConnectionAsync().disposer(function (connection) {
console.log("Releasing connection back to pool")
connection.release();
});
}
function querySql (query, params) {
return Promise.using(getSqlConnection(), function (connection) {
console.log("Got connection from pool");
if (typeof params !== 'undefined'){
return connection.queryAsync(query, params);
} else {
return connection.queryAsync(query);
}
});
};
module.exports = {
getSqlConnection : getSqlConnection,
querySql : querySql
};
usage_route.js
var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var dateFormat = require('dateformat');
var db = require('../my_modules/db');
var getSqlConnection = db.getSqlConnection;
var querySql = db.querySql;
var Promise = require("bluebird");
function retrieveUser(token) {
var userQuery = "select id, email from users where token = ?";
return querySql(userQuery, [token])
.then(function(rows){
if (rows.length == 0) {
return Promise.reject("did not find user");
}
var user = rows[0];
return user;
});
}
router.post('/', function (req, res, next) {
Promise.resolve().then(function () {
return retrieveUser(req.body.token);
})
.then(function (user){
email = user.email;
res.status(200).json({ "code": 0, "message": "success", "email": email});
})
.catch(function (err) {
console.error("got error: " + err);
if (err instanceof Error) {
res.status(400).send("General error");
} else {
res.status(200).json({ "code": 1000, "message": err });
}
});
});
module.exports = router;
I am still a bit new to node, so maybe I missed something let me know how it works out. Instead of triggering async node just forces it on you, so you have to think ahead and plan it.
const mysql = require('mysql');
const db = mysql.createConnection({
host: 'localhost',
user: 'user', password: 'password',
database: 'database',
});
db.connect((err) => {
// you should probably add reject instead of throwing error
// reject(new Error());
if(err){throw err;}
console.log('Mysql: Connected');
});
db.promise = (sql) => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
db.query(sql, (err, result) => {
if(err){reject(new Error());}
else{resolve(result);}
});
});
};
Here I am using the mysql module like normal, but instead I created a new function to handle the promise ahead of time, by adding it to the db const. (you see this as "connection" in a lot of node examples.
Now lets call a mysql query using the promise.
db.promise("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username='john doe' LIMIT 1;")
.then((result)=>{
console.log(result);
}).catch((err)=>{
console.log(err);
});
What I have found this useful for is when you need to do a second query based on the first query.
db.promise("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username='john doe' LIMIT 1;")
.then((result)=>{
console.log(result);
var sql = "SELECT * FROM friends WHERE username='";
sql = result[0];
sql = "';"
return db.promise(sql);
}).then((result)=>{
console.log(result);
}).catch((err)=>{
console.log(err);
});
You should actually use the mysql variables, but this should at least give you an example of using promises with mysql module.
Also with above you can still continue to use the db.query the normal way anytime within these promises, they just work like normal.
Hope this helps with the triangle of death.
You don't need to use promises, you can use a callback function, something like that:
function getLastRecord(name, next)
{
var connection = getMySQL_connection();
var query_str =
"SELECT name, " +
"FROM records " +
"LIMIT 1 ";
var query_var = [name];
var query = connection.query(query_str, query_var, function (err, rows, fields) {
//if (err) throw err;
if (err) {
//throw err;
console.log(err);
logger.info(err);
next(err);
}
else {
//console.log(rows);
next(null, rows);
}
}); //var query = connection.query(query_str, function (err, rows, fields) {
}
getLastRecord('name_record', function(err, data) {
if(err) {
// handle the error
} else {
// handle your data
}
});
Using the package promise-mysql the logic would be to chain promises using then(function(response){your code})
and
catch(function(response){your code}) to catch errors from the "then" blocks preceeding the catch block.
Following this logic, you will pass query results in objects or arrays using return at the end of the block. The return will help passing the query results to the next block. Then, the result will be found in the function argument (here it is test1). Using this logic you can chain several MySql queries and the code that is required to manipulate the result and do whatever you want.
the Connection object is created to be global because every object and variable created in every block are only local. Don't forget that you can chain more "then" blocks.
var config = {
host : 'host',
user : 'user',
password : 'pass',
database : 'database',
};
var mysql = require('promise-mysql');
var connection;
let thename =""; // which can also be an argument if you embed this code in a function
mysql.createConnection(config
).then(function(conn){
connection = conn;
let test = connection.query('select name from records WHERE name=? LIMIT 1',[thename]);
return test;
}).then(function(test1){
console.log("test1"+JSON.stringify(test1)); // result of previous block
var result = connection.query('select * from users'); // A second query if you want
connection.end();
connection = {};
return result;
}).catch(function(error){
if (connection && connection.end) connection.end();
//logs out the error from the previous block (if there is any issue add a second catch behind this one)
console.log(error);
});
To answer your initial question: How can this be done in node.js in a readable way?
There is a library called co, which gives you the possibility to write async code in a synchronous workflow. Just have a look and npm install co.
The problem you face very often with that approach, is, that you do not get Promise back from all the libraries you like to use. So you have either wrap it yourself (see answer from #Joshua Holbrook) or look for a wrapper (for example: npm install mysql-promise)
(Btw: its on the roadmap for ES7 to have native support for this type of workflow with the keywords async await, but its not yet in node: node feature list.)
This can be achieved quite simply, for example with bluebird, as you asked:
var Promise = require('bluebird');
function getLastRecord(name)
{
return new Promise(function(resolve, reject){
var connection = getMySQL_connection();
var query_str =
"SELECT name, " +
"FROM records " +
"WHERE (name = ?) " +
"LIMIT 1 ";
var query_var = [name];
var query = connection.query(query_str, query_var, function (err, rows, fields) {
//if (err) throw err;
if (err) {
//throw err;
console.log(err);
logger.info(err);
reject(err);
}
else {
resolve(rows);
//console.log(rows);
}
}); //var query = connection.query(query_str, function (err, rows, fields) {
});
}
getLastRecord('name_record')
.then(function(rows){
if (rows > 20) {
console.log("action");
}
})
.error(function(e){console.log("Error handler " + e)})
.catch(function(e){console.log("Catch handler " + e)});
May be helpful for others, extending #Dillon Burnett answer
Using async/await and params
db.promise = (sql, params) => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
db.query(sql,params, (err, result) => {
if(err){reject(new Error());}
else{resolve(result);}
});
});
};
module.exports = db;
async connection(){
const result = await db.promise("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username=?",[username]);
return result;
}
I am trying following code at node js using mysql but getting error "Cannot enqueue Query after invoking quit.
var mysql = require('mysql');
var connection = mysql.createConnection({
host : 'localhost',
user : 'USER',
password : 'PASS',
database : 'DB',
});
connection.connect();
var queryString = 'SELECT * FROM tbl_product';
connection.query(queryString, function(err, rows, fields) {
if (err) throw err;
for (var i in rows) {
console.log('Product Name: ', rows[i].product_name);
var emp_query = 'SELECT * FROM tbl_employer';
connection.query(queryString, function(emp_err, emp_rows, emp_fields) {
if (emp_err) throw emp_err;
for (var e in emp_rows) {
console.log('Employer Name: ', emp_rows[e].company_name);
}
});
}
});
connection.end();
I see two problems in your code:
You're calling connection.end() synchronously, but your queries run in a asynchronous flow. You have to call connection.end() only when you've finished the second query.
You're using a regular for loop to run assynchronous calls (you outter loop).
To accomplish what you're trying to do, you have to consider those assynchronous scenarios. You could use promises or a module like async, that provides you a lot of methods to deal with assyncronous flows, like async.each():
connection.query(queryString, function(err, rows, fields) {
if (err) throw err;
async.each(rows, function (row, callback) {
console.log('Product Name: ', row.product_name);
var emp_query = 'SELECT * FROM tbl_employer';
connection.query(queryString, function(emp_err, emp_rows, emp_fields) {
if (emp_err) callback(emp_err);
for (var e in emp_rows) {
console.log('Employer Name: ', emp_rows[e].company_name);
}
callback();
});
});
}, function (err) {
connection.end();
}
});
Now it will guarantee that connection.end() will just be called when all your queries have finished.
Remove connection end function
==> connection.end();
The problem is connection.end() triggered before your query is not finished yet. Try to put connection.end() to end of outer loop.
connection.query(queryString, function(err, rows, fields) {
if (err) throw err;
for (var i in rows) {
console.log('Product Name: ', rows[i].product_name);
var emp_query = 'SELECT * FROM tbl_employer';
connection.query(queryString, function(emp_err, emp_rows, emp_fields) {
if (emp_err) throw emp_err;
for (var e in emp_rows) {
console.log('Employer Name: ', emp_rows[e].company_name);
}
});
}
connection.end();
});
Hope it will be useful for you.