Cannot generateSecret due to Buffer not being found

[robecole1]

I am trying to use the generateSecret function, but I am getting this error whenever it is ran. I am running this on React v17.0.2 and am using node 16.17.0. I have tried doing npm install buffer, and have tried importing Buffer into this file, but the issue still persists.

ReferenceError: Can't find variable: Buffer
generateSecret
node_modules/time2fa/dist/index.mjs:179
  176 |   };
  177 | };
  178 | const generateSecret = (secretSize = DEFAULT_TOTP_SECRET_SIZE) => {
> 179 |   const bytes = Buffer.from(crypto.randomBytes(secretSize));
  180 |   return Encode32(bytes);
  181 | };
  182 | const generateBackupCodes = (numCodes = 10, codeLength = DEFAULT_TOTP_DIGITS) => {

[aramir]

If running with vite -- it doesn't include node polyfills by default.

do:

 npm install vite-plugin-node-polyfills

then add into your vite.config.ts:

import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
import { nodePolyfills } from "vite-plugin-node-polyfills";

// https://vite.dev/config/
export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    nodePolyfills(),
    react()
  ],
})