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loopback-connector-mysql is the MySQL connector module forloopback-datasource-juggler.

For complete documentation, seeStrongLoop Documentation | MySQL Connector.

npm install loopback-connector-mysql --save

To use it you needloopback-datasource-juggler.

1. Setup dependencies inpackage.json:

   {..."dependencies": {"loopback-datasource-juggler":"latest","loopback-connector-mysql":"latest"  },...}

2. Use:

   varDataSource=require('loopback-datasource-juggler').DataSource;vardataSource=newDataSource('mysql',{host:'localhost',port:3306,database:'mydb',username:'myuser',password:'mypass'});

   You can optionally pass a few additional parameters supported bynode-mysql,most particularlypassword andcollation.Collation currently defaultstoutf8_general_ci. Thecollation value will also be used to derive theconnection charset.

The tests in this repository are mainly integration tests, meaning you will need to run them using our preconfigured test server.

1. Ask a core developer for instructions on how to set up test server credentials on your machine
2. npm test