text: import mysql.connector as mysql
  
  import os
  from dotenv import load_dotenv
  load_dotenv('credentials.env')
  
  db_user = os.environ['MYSQL_USER']
  db_pass = os.environ['MYSQL_PASSWORD']
  db_name = os.environ['MYSQL_DATABASE']
  db_host = os.environ['MYSQL_HOST']
  
  db = mysql.connect(user=db_user, password=db_pass, host=db_host, database=db_name)
  cursor = db.cursor()
  
  try:
    cursor.execute("""
      CREATE TABLE List (
        id          integer  AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
        todo        TEXT DEFAULT NULL,
        created_at  TIMESTAMP
      );
    """)
  except:
    print("List table already exists. Not recreating it.")
  
  query = "insert into List (todo, created_at) values (%s, %s)"
  values = [
    ('ECE140B Project', '2021-05-16 12:00:00')
  ]
  cursor.executemany(query, values)
  db.commit()
  
  cursor.execute("select * from List;")
  print('---------- DATABASE INITIALIZED ----------')
  [print(x) for x in cursor]
  db.close()