Impossible to generate MFA with parse-dashboard --createMFA (parse dashboard 7.1.0)

[n3me5is-git]

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Issue Description

When running the command parse-dashboard --createMFA I obtain an error about inquirer package.
I'm using Node 22 and latest parse dashboard.

$ ./node_modules/parse-dashboard/bin/parse-dashboard --createMFA

/home/node/app/node_modules/parse-dashboard/Parse-Dashboard/CLI/mfa.js:211
    const { username, app } = await inquirer.prompt([
                                             ^

TypeError: inquirer.prompt is not a function
    at createMFA (/home/node/app/node_modules/parse-dashboard/Parse-Dashboard/CLI/mfa.js:211:46)
    at Command.<anonymous> (/home/node/app/node_modules/parse-dashboard/Parse-Dashboard/index.js:38:13)
    at Command.listener [as _actionHandler] (/home/node/app/node_modules/commander/lib/command.js:482:17)
    at /home/node/app/node_modules/commander/lib/command.js:1265:65
    at Command._chainOrCall (/home/node/app/node_modules/commander/lib/command.js:1159:12)
    at Command._parseCommand (/home/node/app/node_modules/commander/lib/command.js:1265:27)
    at Command.parseAsync (/home/node/app/node_modules/commander/lib/command.js:917:16)
    at run (/home/node/app/node_modules/parse-dashboard/Parse-Dashboard/index.js:45:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/node/app/node_modules/parse-dashboard/Parse-Dashboard/index.js:51:1)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1730:14)

Steps to reproduce

Run the command

Actual Outcome

The error described

Expected Outcome

Working procedure to create MFA key

Environment

Current dependencies (Node 22):

$ npm ls inquirer
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[n3me5is-git]

For now i'm ovverriding it in the package.json

  "overrides": {
    "parse-dashboard": {
      "inquirer": "8.2.4"
    }
  },

Probably the fix is changing the way inquirer is imported.

[mtrezza]

Interesting find, would you want to try and open a PR, so we can see whether that fixes the issue?

[n3me5is-git]

References: https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/releases/tag/inquirer%409.0.0

Inquirer is now a native Node ECMAScript module. This will require your Node runtime to support es modules, and your app to be an es module. Node documentation over here: https://nodejs.org/api/esm.html#modules-ecmascript-modules

If you cannot migrate, please remember you can keep using the v8.x release line until you're ready.

I don't have time to test it, but the quicker fix is to lock the inquirer version (eg. "inquirer": "8.2.4") so when installing the dependencies the override won't be needed (tested working).

A possible fix (to be tested) could be also to try import the module using const inquirer = require('inquirer').default; in the Parse-Dashboard/CLI/mfa.js file.

Since inquirer is used only for CLI utils, not a core module, using an older version is not problem and the first proposal could be the way to go.