Custom database error - "mysql is not a function"?

The script below is working for me (some extra console.log() lines that can be removed).

function login(email, password, callback) {
  const mysql = require('mysql');
  const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');

  const connection = mysql.createConnection({
    host: configuration.ip,
    user: configuration.user,
    password: configuration.password,
    database: configuration.database
  });
  
  //console.log(connection);
  
  connection.connect();

  const query = 'SELECT id, nickname, email, password FROM users WHERE email = ?';
  
  connection.query(query, [ email ], function(err, results) {
    if (err) console.log(err);
    if (err) return callback(err);
    if (results) console.log(results);
    if (results.length === 0) return callback(new WrongUsernameOrPasswordError(email));
    const user = results[0];

    bcrypt.compare(password, user.password, function(err, isValid) {
      if (err || !isValid) return callback(err || new WrongUsernameOrPasswordError(email));
      callback(null, {
        //user_id: user.id.toString(),
        user_id: user.email,
        nickname: user.nickname,
        email: user.email
      });
    });
  });
}