Export Connection Pool

// db.js

const mysql = require('mysql');

const pool = mysql.createPool({
  connectionLimit : 10,
  host            : 'example.org',
  user            : 'bob',
  password        : 'secret',
  database        : 'my_db'
});

module.export = {
  getConnection: (callback) => {
    return pool.getConnection(callback);
  } 
}

// app.js

const db = require('./db');

db.getConnection((err, conn) => {
  conn.query('SELECT something from sometable', (error, results, fields) => {
    // get the results
    conn.release();
  });
});