Override other settings if url provided

Handle url in config
Override other settings if url provided

lib/mysql.js

@@ -72,31 +72,37 @@ function MySQL(settings) {
     s.connectionLimit = 10;
   }
 
-  var options = {
-    host: s.host || s.hostname || 'localhost',
-    port: s.port || 3306,
-    user: s.username || s.user,
-    password: s.password,
-    timezone: s.timezone,
-    socketPath: s.socketPath,
-    charset: s.collation.toUpperCase(), // Correct by docs despite seeming odd.
-    supportBigNumbers: s.supportBigNumbers,
-    connectionLimit: s.connectionLimit
-  };
+  var options;
+  if (s.url) {
+    // use url to override other settings if url provided
+    options = s.url;
+  } else {
+    options = {
+      host: s.host || s.hostname || 'localhost',
+      port: s.port || 3306,
+      user: s.username || s.user,
+      password: s.password,
+      timezone: s.timezone,
+      socketPath: s.socketPath,
+      charset: s.collation.toUpperCase(), // Correct by docs despite seeming odd.
+      supportBigNumbers: s.supportBigNumbers,
+      connectionLimit: s.connectionLimit
+    };
 
-  // Don't configure the DB if the pool can be used for multiple DBs
-  if (!s.createDatabase) {
-    options.database = s.database;
-  }
-
-  // Take other options for mysql driver
-  // See https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-connector-mysql/issues/46
-  for (var p in s) {
-    if (p === 'database' && s.createDatabase) {
-      continue;
+    // Don't configure the DB if the pool can be used for multiple DBs
+    if (!s.createDatabase) {
+      options.database = s.database;
     }
-    if (options[p] === undefined) {
-      options[p] = s[p];
+
+    // Take other options for mysql driver
+    // See https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-connector-mysql/issues/46
+    for (var p in s) {
+      if (p === 'database' && s.createDatabase) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (options[p] === undefined) {
+        options[p] = s[p];
+      }
     }
   }
 

test/connection.test.js

@@ -1,17 +1,42 @@
 require('./init.js');
 var assert = require('assert');
+var DataSource = require('loopback-datasource-juggler').DataSource;
+var mysqlConnector = require('../');
+var url = require('url');
 
-var db, DummyModel, odb;
+var db, DummyModel, odb, config;
 
 describe('connections', function () {
 
   before(function () {
     require('./init.js');
 
+    config = global.getConfig();
+
     odb = getDataSource({collation: 'utf8_general_ci', createDatabase: true});
     db = odb;
   });
 
+  it('should pass with valid settings', function (done) {
+    var db = new DataSource(mysqlConnector, config);
+    db.ping(done);
+  });
+
+  it('ignores all other settings when url is present', function (done) {
+    var formatedUrl = generateURL(config);
+    var dbConfig = {
+      url: formatedUrl,
+      host: 'invalid-hostname',
+      port: 80,
+      database: 'invalid-database',
+      username: 'invalid-username',
+      password: 'invalid-password',
+    };
+
+    var db = new DataSource(mysqlConnector, dbConfig);
+    db.ping(done);
+  });
+
   it('should use utf8 charset', function (done) {
 
     var test_set = /utf8/;
@@ -103,6 +128,17 @@ var query = function (sql, cb) {
   odb.connector.execute(sql, cb);
 };
 
+function generateURL(config) {
+  var urlObj = {
+    protocol: 'mysql',
+    auth: config.username + ':' + config.password,
+    hostname: config.host,
+    pathname: config.database,
+    slashes: true
+  };
+  var formatedUrl = url.format(urlObj);
+  return formatedUrl;
+}