Drop in implementation of the legacy mysql_native_password authentication plugin that was introduced in MySQL 4.1.
WARNING: if you care about security, do NOT use this. This library only exists to allow integration with legacy systems.
$ npm i mysql-native-password
const { password } = require('mysql-native-password');
const hash = password('MyPlaintextPassword');
console.log(hash); // Output: *298A0D9CE846C7139B5F57C35302EC0F735DBABB