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+const mysql = require("mysql");
+
+const db = mysql.createConnection({
+  user: process.env.DB_USER,
+  host: process.env.DB_HOST,
+  password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
+  database: process.env.DB_NAME,
+});
+
+db.connect(function (err) {
+  if (err) {
+    console.log(err.message);
+  } else {
+    console.log("Successfully connected to the database on AWS RDS");
+  }
+});
+
+module.exports = db;