replaced a custom uuid generator with a built-in in crypto; converted all js test scripts to ts; slightly optimized dateReviver function

Author: AleksandrRogov

.github/README.md

@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ The following table describes `Expand` Object properties:
 
 Property Name | Type | Description
 ------------ | ------------- | -------------
-expand | `Expand[]` | An array of `Expand` Objects representing the $expand OData System Query Option value to control which related records are also returned.
+expand | `string` or `Expand[]` | An array of `Expand` Objects representing the $expand OData System Query Option value to control which related records are also returned. Can also accept a string.
 filter | `string` | Use the $filter system query option to set criteria for which related entities will be returned.
 orderBy | `string[]` | An Array (of strings) representing the order in which related items are returned using the $orderby system query option. Use the asc or desc suffix to specify ascending or descending order respectively. The default is ascending if the suffix isn't applied.
 property | `string` | A name of a single-valued navigation property which needs to be expanded.

.mocharc.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module.exports = {
     diff: true,
-    extension: ["ts", "js"],
-    require: "ts-node/register",
-    spec: ["tests/*.spec.js", "tests/*.spec.ts"],
+    extension: ["ts"],
+    require: "tsx",
+    spec: ["tests/*.spec.ts"],
 };

dist/browser/esm/dynamics-web-api.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! dynamics-web-api v2.1.7 (c) 2024 Aleksandr Rogov. License: MIT */
+/*! dynamics-web-api v2.1.8 (c) 2025 Aleksandr Rogov. License: MIT */
 /**
  * Microsoft Dataverse Web API helper library for Node.js and Browser.
  * It is compatible with: Dataverse, Dynamics 365 (online), Dynamics 365 (on-premise), Dynamics CRM 2016, Dynamics CRM Online.
@@ -442,8 +442,8 @@ export interface CreateRequest<T = any> extends CRUDRequest {
     duplicateDetection?: boolean;
     /**A JavaScript object with properties corresponding to the logical name of entity attributes(exceptions are lookups and single-valued navigation properties). */
     data?: T;
-    /**An array of Expand Objects(described below the table) representing the $expand OData System Query Option value to control which related records are also returned. */
-    expand?: Expand[];
+    /**An array of Expand Objects representing the $expand OData System Query Option value to control which related records are also returned. Can also accept a string. */
+    expand?: string | Expand[];
     /**Sets Prefer header with value "odata.include-annotations=" and the specified annotation.Annotations provide additional information about lookups, options sets and other complex attribute types. */
     includeAnnotations?: string;
     /**A String representing the name of a single - valued navigation property. Useful when needed to retrieve information about a related record in a single request. */