Gain compatibility with Node 20.x and higher

[dondi]

Per @akaiap in #1118, our current code relies on a canvas library that stops compatibility at Node 18.x. We want to broaden our compatibility to newer versions

[akaiap]

Very straight forward regading the solution

1. Update the canvas package in the {} package.json file to latest version
2. npm install
3. Check for Breaking Changes

• Review for any breaking changes and update for API changes

4. Update GitHub Actions Workflow to include 20.x in the test matrix

*if there are depreciation issues I will run npm update and npm audit to identify and fix vulnerabilities.

5. Test

[akaiap]

Sucess!

• Surprisingly, within {}package.json there was not a canvas dependency. Meaning it was a transitive dependency instead of direct.
• canvas is being installed as a peer-dependcy and not compatible for node 20.x (dependent on canvg 2.0.0)

1. Updated the package to "canvg": "^3.1.1"
2. npm install
3. Then I added the latest version of canvas canvas@^2.11.2
4. updated github actions workflow to include 20.x and 22.x

Finally, I verified the workflow passed the checks!

[dondi]

Once @akaiap’s work from these issues lands in main and/or beta, the minimum Node version for working with the codebase will be Node 20.0.x due to the multiple updates to dependencies

This will require a documentation update, plus all local dev devices will need Node 20

One caution here is that our AWS host maxes out a Node 12.x.x. This isn’t a problem so far but we need to monitor this in case we encounter a serious breaking change

A transition a Lambda architecture will release us from that limitation