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// Added to handle injection
const vandium = require( 'vandium' );

var mysql  = require('mysql');

exports.handler = vandium.generic()
    .handler( (event, context, callback) => {

  var connection = mysql.createConnection({
    host     : '[rds_host]',
    user     : '[rds_user]',
    password : '[rds_password]',
    database : '[rds_database]'
  });

  sql = "INSERT INTO items(name)";

  sql = sql + " VALUES(" + connection.escape(event.name) + ")";

  connection.query(sql, function (error, results, fields) {

  response = {};
  response['item_id'] = results.insertId;
  response['name'] = event.name;
    
  callback( null, response );
    
  });
}