FIX: import assert deprecation in NodeJS 22 (#2807)

* fix: implement a workaround for nodejs22 which has dropped assert, while retaining backwards compatibility with NodeJS >= 16

index.js

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ import ConnPool from './lib/conn-pool.js' // browser exclude
 import Torrent from './lib/torrent.js'
 import { NodeServer, BrowserServer } from './lib/server.js'
 
-import info from './package.json' assert { type: 'json' }
-const VERSION = info.version
+import VERSION from './version.cjs'
 
 const debug = debugFactory('webtorrent')
 

lib/torrent.js

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import utp from './utp.cjs' // browser exclude
 import WebConn from './webconn.js'
 import { Selections } from './selections.js'
 
-import info from '../package.json' assert { type: 'json' }
+import VERSION from '../version.cjs'
 
 const debug = debugFactory('webtorrent:torrent')
 const MAX_BLOCK_LENGTH = 128 * 1024
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ const FILESYSTEM_CONCURRENCY = process.browser ? cpus().length : 2
 
 const RECONNECT_WAIT = [1_000, 5_000, 15_000]
 
-const VERSION = info.version
 const USER_AGENT = `WebTorrent/${VERSION} (https://webtorrent.io)`
 
 let TMP

lib/webconn.js

@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ import { hash, concat } from 'uint8-util'
 import Wire from 'bittorrent-protocol'
 import once from 'once'
 
-import info from '../package.json' assert { type: 'json' }
+import VERSION from '../version.cjs'
 
 const debug = debugFactory('webtorrent:webconn')
-const VERSION = info.version
 
 const SOCKET_TIMEOUT = 60000
 const RETRY_DELAY = 10000

version.cjs

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Exports package.json to work around "with" and "assert" for backwards compatability.
+module.exports = require('./package.json').version