# Node MySQL 2

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MySql client for node.js. Written in native JavaScript and aims to be mostly api compatible with [node-mysql](https://github.com/mysqljs/mysql)

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## Features and Documentation

  - [Fast](https://gist.github.com/sidorares/ffe9ee9c423f763e3b6b)
  - Prepared Statements
  - Promise Wrapper
  - Authentication Switch
  - MySQL Server (API and Mocks)
  - Pooling
  - SSL
  - MySQL Compression
  - Binary Log Protocol Client

Please check [documentation](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/tree/master/documentation) to get started.

## Acknowledgements

  - Internal protocol is written by @sidorares [MySQL-Native](https://github.com/sidorares/nodejs-mysql-native)
  - Constants, SQL parameters interpolation, Pooling, `ConnectionConfig` class taken from [node-mysql](https://github.com/mysqljs/mysql)
  - SSL upgrade code based on @TooTallNate [code](https://gist.github.com/TooTallNate/848444)
  - Secure connection / compressed connection api flags compatible to [MariaSQL](https://github.com/mscdex/node-mariasql/) client.
  - [Contributors](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/graphs/contributors)

## Contributing

Want to improve something in `node-mysql2`. Please check [Contributing.md](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/blob/master/Contributing.md) for detailed instruction on how to get started.


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