Inexpressive error messages on unsupported Node.js versions

[willcforte]

Summary

package.json declares "engines": { "node": ">=22.0.0" }, but npm only warns
on an engines mismatch and gives an inexpressive error message of minified code followed by:

ReferenceError: crypto is not defined
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/obsidian-headless/cli.js:141:2687)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1356:14)
    ...
Node.js v18.19.1

Correcting your Node version will then return:

Error: libnode.so.109: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
  code: 'ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED'

since better-sqlite3 was compiled against the old Node version.

Environment

• OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)
• Node.js: v18.19.1 (the default apt install nodejs version on Ubuntu 24.04)
• obsidian-headless: 0.0.10

Steps to reproduce

# On Ubuntu 24.04 with the default apt Node 18:
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs npm
npm install -g obsidian-headless
ob login

Proposed changes

A Node version check that prints something like this would be more helpful:

obsidian-headless requires Node.js 22 or newer, but you are running Node.js <current node version>.

Upgrade Node.js (https://nodejs.org) and reinstall:
  npm install -g obsidian-headless

I also wanted to document this fix in case anyone else runs into this issue.