How do I do a bulk insert in mySQL using node.js

Question

How would one do a bulk insert into mySQL if using something like https://github.com/felixge/node-mysql

Answer 1

I ran into this today (mysql 2.16.0) and thought I'd share my solution:

const items = [
    {name: 'alpha', description: 'describes alpha', value: 1},
    ...
];

db.query(
    'INSERT INTO my_table (name, description, value) VALUES ?',
    [items.map(item => [item.name, item.description, item.value])],
    (error, results) => {...}
);