text: 
  const mysql     = require( "mysql2" );
  const dbConfig  = require( "../config/db.config.js" );
  
  // Create a connection to the database
  let connection = mysql.createPool({
      host: dbConfig.HOST,
      user: dbConfig.USER,
      password: dbConfig.PASSWORD,
      database: dbConfig.DATABASE
  });
  
  // // open the MySQL connection
  // connection.connect(error => {
  //     if (error) throw error;
  //     console.log("Successfully connected to the quotes database.  😄");
  // });
  
  module.exports = connection;