window.crypto.subtle is undefined when saving note

[plmdie]

Hi, as the title says i get this error when trying to save a note.
Tried to run in docker and with yarn, same result.
Thanks in advance

[muety]

What browser (and version) are you using?

[plmdie]

Firefox 97.0

[muety]

That's weird, I can't reproduce that error. Can you please show a screenshot of your DevTool's console? And can you please try in a different browser and / or incognito window?

[plmdie]

incognito is the same
here:

[plmdie]

Tried Brave browser, different error.
Screenshot:

[muety]

Can you please try whether the demo instance (link in the readme) is working for you?

[plmdie]

Yes, it works fine.

[muety]

Alright, so I learned that window.crypto.subtle is indeed intended to be undefined when not serving the page via HTTPS.

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Crypto/subtle
• Please require a secure origin (Bug 25972) w3c/webcrypto#28

Didn't know about that, so thanks for bringing this up!

I guess the only solution for you would then be to use TLS encryption (with a self-signed cert), as described at https://github.com/muety/mininote#use-https-for-backend.

[plmdie]

Ok, thanks for checking that up for me, can you just explain me this step?

-Launch the backend server -> To switch back to the HTTP server, nullify either field and relaunch again.

Thanks once again

[muety]

Yes, so first, create a certificate (and private key), as described here for Linux (for Windows, best use the Linux subsystem to create the cert and then copy over the files to your Windows filesystem). Then point the two HTTPS_* variables in config.js to the respective files. To disable HTTPS again, clear one or both.

[plmdie]

Ok, i'm already using Ubuntu, and i'm aware of the procedure for creating the certificate, it was just the "nullify either field" that i didn't got.
Thanks a lot for the quick replies.
Mininote will make a nice addition to my server app package!!

[plmdie]

I don't know if i should open another issue, but if you say so i'll do it.
Everything is working fine with SSL certificate but i've run into another issue, when on Android, there's no save icon, so it's impossible to save notes.

[muety]

Please open another issue, preferably with OS- and browser version and a screenshot.