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 I'm trying to build a nostr app but am having trouble decrypting kind 4 messages.  Here is console log of my error if there are any JS pros that wouldn't mind giving me some input on what I may be doing wrong I would appreciate it.  #AskNostr

Console log: 
Public key used for checking be59c605266b5bc209d78eecf84b3104a1d51433922902c311ab57c2a788c4f1
2024-04-19T22:32:50.313Z - Event with our pubkey found: {
  content: 'PdAedhedo9g6mHHoKZoxaUFpoDCq5Gp2ialxRyDS2N0=?iv=jeHSBPW2KOtHV+AlbKm1eQ==',
  created_at: 1713565970,
  id: '050ac005d2e8eb0ccd68a82e0e4067fd23a49997da6f2bc367d3a51f4eac7104',
  kind: 4,
  pubkey: '607b55670f54cc08c1bce8b54c184b18b5af3f73e86842f9c2c0d67e93c940b2',
  sig: '23402c489eb0619f96893caf69e265182aa8f7a7a03cc812f78005358a6c1fcea4bc0cd4fd31dde8919919f6a462f9f091123645e3c7011c35ef4d0fe038584f',
  tags: [
    [
      'p',
      'be59c605266b5bc209d78eecf84b3104a1d51433922902c311ab57c2a788c4f1',
      'wss://nostrpub.yeghro.site/'
    ]
  ]
}
Processing event: {
  content: 'PdAedhedo9g6mHHoKZoxaUFpoDCq5Gp2ialxRyDS2N0=?iv=jeHSBPW2KOtHV+AlbKm1eQ==',
  created_at: 1713565970,
  id: '050ac005d2e8eb0ccd68a82e0e4067fd23a49997da6f2bc367d3a51f4eac7104',
  kind: 4,
  pubkey: '607b55670f54cc08c1bce8b54c184b18b5af3f73e86842f9c2c0d67e93c940b2',
  sig: '23402c489eb0619f96893caf69e265182aa8f7a7a03cc812f78005358a6c1fcea4bc0cd4fd31dde8919919f6a462f9f091123645e3c7011c35ef4d0fe038584f',
  tags: [
    [
      'p',
      'be59c605266b5bc209d78eecf84b3104a1d51433922902c311ab57c2a788c4f1',
      'wss://nostrpub.yeghro.site/'
    ]
  ]
}
Received content: PdAedhedo9g6mHHoKZoxaUFpoDCq5Gp2ialxRyDS2N0=?iv=jeHSBPW2KOtHV+AlbKm1eQ==
Encrypted message: PdAedhedo9g6mHHoKZoxaUFpoDCq5Gp2ialxRyDS2N0=
IV (base64): jeHSBPW2KOtHV+AlbKm1eQ==
Shared secret: 04de00db466c912f545905f087626fdbe339ceda8102c6ada0b452d5b039edffab3501172422948853413d812d586bcb5916d1b5564375fd71aa96336ca91716f6
Encryption key: 3464653030646234363663393132663534353930356630383736323666646265
Extracted pubkey: 607b55670f54cc08c1bce8b54c184b18b5af3f73e86842f9c2c0d67e93c940b2
Error decrypting message: Error: error:1C800064:Provider routines::bad decrypt

  library: 'Provider routines',
  reason: 'bad decrypt',
  code: 'ERR_OSSL_BAD_DECRYPT'
}
Encryption Key: 3464653030646234363663393132663534353930356630383736323666646265
IV used for decryption (hex): 8de1d204f5b628eb4757e0256ca9b579
Ciphertext Base64: PdAedhedo9g6mHHoKZoxaUFpoDCq5Gp2ialxRyDS2N0= 
 I’m not sure what the issue is and I’m no JS expert, but you should be careful posting secrets and keys publicly. 
 Yea. Don’t post stuff like this to knd1.

Also… this console log is not too helpful, without seeing the code that logged it. 

MHO:
If you are “hand rolling” an encryption /decryption solution … don’t bother. Use a well made and proven library for this, like NDK or nostr-tools :

https://github.com/nostr-dev-kit/ndk
https://github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-tools 
 Thanks for the input but I figured it out and got it working.