I'm attempting to access a PostgreSQL database in a JavaScript project on Windows 10. The program runs fine until I attempt to connect to the database, at which point I receive this message in the terminal.

Error: SASL: SCRAM-SERVER-FIRST-MESSAGE: client password must be a string

Here is the relevant pg code for access:

const Pool = pg.Pool;

const pool = new Pool({ 
    database: 'proth', 
    host: 'localhost', 
    port: '5432',
    max: 10, 
    idleTimeoutMillis: 30000, 
}); 

I can't figure out how to set up a password for this sort of thing or what exactly I need to do.