Cannot run generateKeyPair from @solana/web3.js@rc

[mehranhydary]

Overview

I am trying to run the command const keyPair: CryptoKeyPair = await generateKeyPair() and I get the following error:

throw new SolanaError(SOLANA_ERROR__SUBTLE_CRYPTO__GENERATE_FUNCTION_UNIMPLEMENTED);

Steps to reproduce

I've created a new node js app. I've installed the following:

	"dependencies": {
		"@solana/web3.js": "^2.0.0-rc.0",
		"buffer": "^6.0.3",
		"chalk": "4.1.2",
		"decimal.js": "^10.4.3",
		"dotenv": "^16.4.5",
		"viem": "^2.20.1"
	},
	"devDependencies": {
		"@types/bn.js": "^5.1.0",
		"@types/chai": "^4.3.0",
		"@types/mocha": "^9.0.0",
		"chai": "^4.3.4",
		"mocha": "^9.0.3",
		"prettier": "^2.6.2",
		"ts-mocha": "^10.0.0",
		"ts-node": "^10.9.1",
		"tsconfig-paths": "^4.1.2",
		"typescript": "^5.5.4"
	}

and then I have a simple file

;(async() => {
  const keyPair: CryptoKeyPair = await generateKeyPair();
})()

Description of bug

Here are a few more details from the error:

/Users/mehrancastle/Desktop/dev/personal/controller-lite/node_modules/@solana/assertions/src/subtle-crypto.ts:49
        throw new SolanaError(SOLANA_ERROR__SUBTLE_CRYPTO__GENERATE_FUNCTION_UNIMPLEMENTED);
              ^
SolanaError: No key generation implementation could be found.
    at Object.assertKeyGenerationIsAvailable (/Users/mehrancastle/Desktop/dev/personal/controller-lite/node_modules/@solana/assertions/src/subtle-crypto.ts:49:15)
    at generateKeyPair (/Users/mehrancastle/Desktop/dev/personal/controller-lite/node_modules/@solana/keys/src/key-pair.ts:14:11)
    at /Users/mehrancastle/Desktop/dev/personal/controller-lite/lib/controller/raw/index.ts:105:54
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/mehrancastle/Desktop/dev/personal/controller-lite/lib/controller/raw/index.ts:130:3)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1256:14)
    at Module.m._compile (/Users/mehrancastle/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:1618:23)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1310:10)
    at Object.require.extensions.<computed> [as .ts] (/Users/mehrancastle/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:1621:12)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1119:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:960:12) {
  cause: undefined,
  context: { __code: 3610004 }
}

[github-actions]

Hi @mehranhydary,

Thanks for your question!

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[steveluscher]

Throw this question up on the Stack Exchange, post a link to it here, and I'll answer it! That way, the answer will continue to benefit others once we've moved on.

[mehranhydary]

Sg! Ty

[mehranhydary]

Tracking here: https://solana.stackexchange.com/questions/16381/cannot-run-generatekeypair-from-solana-web3-jsrc

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