[BUG] Migrate to `node-gyp@^8`

[stramel]

What / Why

Migrating to node-gyp v8 would remove the package request which has multiple warnings related to it.
Related PR nodejs/node-gyp#2220

• a warning about usage of older Math.random()

npm WARN deprecated uuid@3.4.0: Please upgrade to version 7 or higher. Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic. See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.

• a warning about no longer maintained package har-validator usage

npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported

• a warning about the package itself (request) being deprecated

npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142

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[wraithgar]

We can't move to this version of node-gyp in npm@7. See this PR for more info #32

[stramel]

@wraithgar Ah, sorry about that. Thank you for the link to more information behind the decision!