From 3ce32096f2f51847c3f48418c6cf276b01134ccd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rajarshee Chatterjee <rajarshee.adm@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 09:35:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Early Exit if Node Version is Lower (#870)

---
 index.ts   |  2 +-
 tswatch.ts | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 782cb38..fefc970 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ app.get('/', (req, res) => {
 });
 
 app.listen(port, host, () => {
-  console.log(`Testing plugins web listening on http://localhost:${port}`);
+  console.log(`Server listening at http://localhost:${port}`);
 });
 
 //Dayjs localization
diff --git a/tswatch.ts b/tswatch.ts
index 41d7400..9dfa00e 100644
--- a/tswatch.ts
+++ b/tswatch.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 import { TscWatchClient } from 'tsc-watch/client';
 
+const nodeVersion = Number(process.versions.node.split('.')[0]);
+
+if (nodeVersion < 18) {
+  console.error(
+    `\nYou are using Node.js ${process.versions.node}. For lnreader-plugins, Node.js version >= v18.0.0 is required.`,
+  );
+
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
 const watch = new TscWatchClient();
 
 let port = Number(process.argv[2]);
+
 if (!port) {
-  console.log(`Port not specified! Setting default 3000!
-Run \`npm start -- <port>\` to change it
-`);
+  console.log(
+    `No port specified; defaulting to 3000. Change it with 'npm start -- <PORT>'.`,
+  );
+
   port = 3000;
 }
 
 watch.start('--onSuccess', `node ./.js/index.js ${port}`);
-
-try {
-} catch (e) {
-  watch.kill(); // Fatal error, kill the compiler instance.
-}