Web3 create account from mnemonic + passphrase

Question

I'm trying to create an ethereum account using web3-js by providing a mnemonic + passphrase (created with BIP39-js) but can't seem to find an implementation of web3.eth.accounts.create() that accepts both the mnemonic and the passphrase.

Is it not supported or am I missing something on how to implement it?

Answer 1

Do it with ethers:

const ethers = require('ethers');
const mnemonic = await ethers.HDNode.entropyToMnemonic(ethers.utils.randomBytes(16));
const wallet = ethers.Wallet.fromMnemonic(mnemonic);

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Answer 2

Just in case someone comes here later, in the recent version of ethers, HDNODE has been moved to the utils method. So, in modification to @George's answer above;

const ethers = require('ethers');
const mnemonic = await ethers.utils.HDNode.entropyToMnemonic(ethers.utils.randomBytes(16));
const wallet = ethers.Wallet.fromMnemonic(mnemonic);

Answer 3

You can use ethers Lib: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ethers

import { ethers } from "ethers";

newWallet = async () => {
    let password = prompt("Password");

    if (password) {
      var randomSeed = ethers.Wallet.createRandom();

      console.log(randomSeed.mnemonic);
      console.log(randomSeed.address);

      function callback(progress) {
        console.log("Encrypting: " + parseInt(progress * 100) + "% complete");
      }

      let encryptPromise = randomSeed.encrypt(password, callback);

      encryptPromise.then(function (json) {
        console.log(json);
      });
    }
  };