errorError: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND - mysql

Question

I\'m running a server on c9.io using Node.js and trying to connect to Mysql I guess I get this error:

Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND

Answer 1

I almost spend two hours to understand what is the problem with the mysql database. I am using Windows cmd. I tried multiple ways e.g

1. npm install mysql2
2. Changing localhost to 127.0.0.1
3. Refreshing node

so in order to resolve this issue

[Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND 127.0.0.1:3306]

I open XAMPP and start the MySQL database then manually check the credentials and works fine for me.

var mysql = require('mysql');

var connection = mysql.createConnection({
  host    : 'localhost',
  user    : 'test',
  password: 'test123',
});