Nodejs Mysql Insert is adding backslashes to strings and fails - sql

Question

I'm trying to do a simple sql insert using nodejs and express trying various formats I've found online, but this appears to be the accepted way. When I view the error it's adding extra backslashes to the query and failing.
The code:
console.log(request.body);
var post = {uid: request.session.uid, title: request.body.title, created: request.body.createdAt};
connection.query('INSERT INTO projects (uid, title, created) SET ? ', post, function (error, results, fields) {
console.log(error);
});
The first body console.log:
{ title: 'aewgawegr', createdAt: '1574219119301' }
The error message:
sqlMessage:
'You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near \'SET `uid` = 1, `title` = \'aewgawegr\', `created` = \'1574219119301\'\' at line 1',
sqlState: '42000',
index: 0,
sql:
'INSERT INTO projects (uid, title, created) SET `uid` = 1, `title` = \'aewgawegr\', `created` = \'1574219119301\' ' }

Answer 1

For reference: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/insert.html
You cannot combine the two usage syntax:
INSERt INTO `table` (column1, ...) VALUES (value1, ...
with
INSERT INTO `table` SET `column1`='value1', ....

Answer 2

You can do something like this instead of passing json object
"INSERT INTO projects (uid, title, created) VALUES (1, 'Michelle', 'Blue Village 1')";
e.g in your case you can use string interpolation:
`INSERT INTO projects (uid, title, created) VALUES ('${request.session.uid}', '${request.body.title}', '${request.body.createdAt}')`;