title: Can someone please explain to me where do I get the properties to connect to an sql database from google cloud?
body: <p>I want to know how to connect to an SQL database created on google-cloud-SQL.</p>
  
  <p>I'm a real novice with SQL and MySQL so I don't really know a lot about it. I need it for a project of mine.</p>
  
  <pre><code>
  const connection = mysql.createConnection({
      host: '/cloudsql/projectid:us-central1:sql-instance',
      user: '',
      password: 'root'
  })
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>where do i find/get the properties in the code above for me to connect to the sql database</p>