Function testing getting data

api/server.js

@@ -4,13 +4,24 @@ const cors = require("cors");
 const fs = require("fs");
 const wol = require("wol");
 const mysql = require("mysql");
+const sql = "SELECT * FROM "
 
 var con = mysql.createConnection({
     host: "localhost",
     user: "hpadmin",
-    password: "changeme"
+    password: "changeme",
+    database: "home_page"
   });
 
+function getData(table) {
+    con.connect();
+    con.query((sql + table), (error, results, fields) => {
+        if (error) throw error;
+        console.log(results);
+      });
+    con.end();
+    return results;
+}
 
 //Read bookmarks
 try {
@@ -32,16 +43,6 @@ try {
     fs.writeFileSync('../src/links.json',body);
     var links = require('../src/links.json');
 }
-var sql = "SELECT * FROM messages"
-// WIP learning to read from DB
-con.connect(function(err) {
-    if (err) throw err;
-    console.log("Connected!");
-    con.query(sql, function (err, result) {
-      if (err) throw err;
-      console.log("Result: " + result);
-    });
-  });
 
 //Read personal data
 try {
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ const providers = require('../src/providers.json');
 const themes = require('../src/themes.json');
 const messages = require('../src/messages.json');
 
+var testmessages = getData('messages');
+
 // initializing app
 const app = express();