I am learning MYSQL and what am i doing wrong in this code

Question

I have tried to execute the code below and I get an error message

var mysql = require('mysql');

var con = mysql.createConnection({
    host: "localhost",
    user: "root",
    password: "HewRld.8618",
});

connection.connect(function(err) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log("Connected To the Database");
});

error message:

/Users/joshnomso/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Parser.js:437 throw err; // Rethrow non-MySQL errors ^

Error: ER_NOT_SUPPORTED_AUTH_MODE: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client at Handshake.Sequence._packetToError (/Users/joshnomso/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/sequences/Sequence.js:47:14) at Handshake.ErrorPacket (/Users/joshnomso/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/sequences/Handshake.js:123:18) at Protocol._parsePacket (/Users/joshnomso/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Protocol.js:291:23) at Parser._parsePacket (/Users/joshnomso/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Parser.js:433:10) at Parser.write (/Users/joshnomso/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Parser.js:43:10) at Protocol.write (/Users/joshnomso/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Protocol.js:38:16) at Socket. (/Users/joshnomso/node_modules/mysql/lib/Connection.js:88:28) at Socket. (/Users/joshnomso/node_modules/mysql/lib/Connection.js:526:10) at Socket.emit (events.js:315:20) at addChunk (internal/streams/readable.js:309:12) -------------------- at Protocol._enqueue (/Users/joshnomso/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Protocol.js:144:48) at Protocol.handshake (/Users/joshnomso/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Protocol.js:51:23) at Connection.connect (/Users/joshnomso/node_modules/mysql/lib/Connection.js:116:18) at Object. (/Users/joshnomso/.git/nodemysql/hello.js:9:5) at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1063:30) at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1092:10) at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:928:32) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:769:14) at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:72:12) at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47 { code: 'ER_NOT_SUPPORTED_AUTH_MODE', errno: 1251, sqlMessage: 'Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client', sqlState: '08004', fatal: true

please how can i resolve this

Answer 1

I found a solution

firstly installed mysql2 using npm install mysql2

then I changed the code to use mysql2

var mysql = require('mysql2');

var con = mysql.createConnection({
    host: "localhost",
    user: "root",
    password: "******",
});

con.connect(function(err) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log('Hello world! connected to database!');
});

An in-depth explanation of the cause of the problem is found here: MSQL8 password auth issue