Module ClientUtil

import { homedir } from 'os';

let identity = await identityFromPemFile(`${homedir}/.config/dfx/identity/local-testing/identity.pem`);

code credit to @ZenVoich's solution here -> https://forum.dfinity.org/t/using-dfinity-agent-in-node-js/6169/55

import { homedir } from 'os';

let identity = await identityFromSeed(`${homedir}/.config/dfx/identity/local-testing/seed.txt`);

Note: This function is meant to be run locally in a NodeJS context

Implementation follows from https://forum.dfinity.org/t/using-dfinity-agent-in-node-js/6169/49

Steps (Before using)

1. Navigate to my .dfx identities → ~/.config/.dfx/identity
2. Create a new identity → mkdir local-testing; cd local-testing
3. Download quill since keysmith is now deprecated.
4. Test that quill is installed correctly → quill
5. Look up how to generate a key → quill generate --help
6. Generate a key and seed file → quill generate --pem-file identity.pem --seed-file seed.txt
7. Now running the identityFromSeed() function and dfx identity get-principal should return the same identity! Yay!

Note: If you run this an have NodeJS version 17+, you will receive the following error coming from the hdkey library import → Error: error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported. The possible solutions for getting around this are here, the easiest of which is downgrading to node 16. (@kpeacock/sdk team can you provide a node 17+ solution? :slightly_smiling_face: ) Now running the above node script and dfx identity get-principal should return the same identity! Yay!