Remove unused dependencies from package.json

[parkerbxyz]

This pull request removes unused dependencies from the root package.json file and deletes unused package.json files. I used depcheck to find the unused dependencies. This will resolve many of the 146 open Dependabot alerts for vulnerable dependencies that are not in use.

[drahnieR]

quite a few dependencies are actually in use, i've marked those inline

[parkerbxyz]

quite a few dependencies are actually in use, i've marked those inline

I saw that some of these are in use in subdirectories that have their own package.json. Are these in use by scripts that use package.json in the root directory?

[drahnieR]

That's true, but we are not really using api/package.json in practice. package.json under root should be including every module across whole project.
I think you could remove api/package.json in this PR

[parkerbxyz]

That's true, but we are not really using api/package.json in practice. package.json under root should be including every module across whole project. I think you could remove api/package.json in this PR

Got it. I removed unused package.json files and restored dependencies that are still in use to the root package.json file.