Java MySql connection not functioning correctly

After installation of the mysql-connector-java-8.0.16.jar from the SQL database, despite my best efforts to get my code to work, I am left with an error of denied access for a user. This is peculiar because the same user credentials work on my site, so the user in question has the right permissions to access the database. What could be wrong. Am I using the wrong imports.

The imports in question:

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;

The code in question is:

package real;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class myConnection 
{
    public int returnOperation() 
    {
         try
            {
                String host = "jdbc:mysql://website.com/database";
                String username = "user";
                String password = "password";
                Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(host, username, password);
            }
            catch(SQLException e)
            {
                System.out.println("There is an error with the SQL database: " + e.getMessage());
            }
        return 0;
    }
}

The error I keep receiving is:

There is an error with the SQL database: Access denied for user 'USER'@'IP ADDRESS' (using password: YES)