Using 3rd party lib file in NodeJs and getting LNK2001 error

Question

I have been searching for an answer for a while and couldn't find anything that worked. Here is some background: I am trying to build an electron app that can use an OpenDMX interface. I wanted to direct the problem into smaller problems so I first tried to get the basic code working in c++, which I did. Next step is to implement that c++ code into NodeJs before even messing with any electron modules and here is where I am getting my problems. I am trying to write a Native NodeJs Module that can communicate with the OpenDMX device so my js can call those functions. I got it to the point where including the lib file works but as soon as I try to call a function from that lib file, it thorws error messages. Here is the code and the error messages:

opendmx.cc (I commented out some code for debugging)

#include "../header/opendmx.h"

// byte buffer[513];
// int bufferLength = 513;
// FT_HANDLE handle;
// bool done = false;
// bool connected = false;
// unsigned long bytesWritten = 0;
// FT_STATUS status;

// byte BITS_8 = 8;
// byte STOP_BITS_2 = 2;
// byte PARITY_NONE_BYTE = 0;
// unsigned short FLOW_NONE = 0;
// byte PURGE_RX = 1;
// byte PURGE_TX = 2;

int initPickDevice(){
    unsigned long deviceCount = 0;
    if (FT_CreateDeviceInfoList(&deviceCount) != FT_OK)
    {
        printf("Unable to query devices. Exiting.\r\n");
        return 1;
    }

    //get a list of information about each FTDI device
    FT_DEVICE_LIST_INFO_NODE *deviceInfo = (FT_DEVICE_LIST_INFO_NODE *)malloc(sizeof(FT_DEVICE_LIST_INFO_NODE) * deviceCount);
    if (FT_GetDeviceInfoList(deviceInfo, &deviceCount) != FT_OK)
    {
        printf("Unable to get the lisit of info. Exiting.\r\n");
        return 1;
    }

    for (unsigned long i = 0; i < deviceCount; i++)
    {
        // printf("Device = %d\r\n", i);
        // printf("Flags = 0x%X\r\n", deviceInfo[i].Flags);
        // printf("Type = 0x%X\r\n", deviceInfo[i].Type);
        // printf("ID = 0x%X\r\n", deviceInfo[i].ID);
        // printf("LocId = 0x%X\r\n", deviceInfo[i].LocId);
        // printf("SN = %s\r\n", deviceInfo[i].SerialNumber);
        // printf("Description = %s\r\n", deviceInfo[i].Description);
        // printf("Handle = %s\r\n", deviceInfo[i].ftHandle);
        // printf("\r\n");
    }

    return 0;
}

NAN_METHOD(opendmx){
    initPickDevice();
}

NAN_MODULE_INIT(init)
{
    Nan::SetMethod(target, "opendmx", opendmx);
}

NODE_MODULE(opendmx, init);

opendmx.h

#pragma once
#ifndef OPENDMX_H
#define OPENDMX_H

#define FTD2XX_STATIC
#include "../header/ftd2xx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <nan.h>
// using namespace v8;

#endif

binding.gyp

{
    "targets": [
        {
            "target_name": "opendmx",
            "sources": ["src/opendmx.cc"],
            "include_dirs": ["<!(node -e \"require('nan')\")"],
            "includePath": [
                "${workspaceFolder}/**",
                "${env:USERPROFILE}/AppData/Local/node-gyp/Cache/14.15.0/include/node"
            ],
            "libraries": ["../lib/ftd2xx.lib"]
        }
    ]
}

main.js

require("nan");
console.log('finished "nan"');
const { opendmx } = require("./build/Release/opendmx.node");
console.log('finished "opendmx"');

const cPlusPlusHelloTime = "c++ opendmx";
console.time(cPlusPlusHelloTime);
opendmx();
console.timeEnd(cPlusPlusHelloTime);

Error Message:

Creating library C:\Users\david\Documents\GitHub\2021\FTDI\FTDI Test\build\Release\opendmx.lib and object C:\Users\david\Documents\GitHub\2021\FTDI\FTDI Test\build\Release\opendmx.exp
opendmx.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol FT_CreateDeviceInfoList [C:\Users\david\Documents\GitHub\2021\FTDI\FTDI Test\build\opendmx.vcxproj]
opendmx.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol FT_GetDeviceInfoList [C:\Users\david\Documents\GitHub\2021\FTDI\FTDI Test\build\opendmx.vcxproj]
C:\Users\david\Documents\GitHub\2021\FTDI\FTDI Test\build\Release\opendmx.node : fatal error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals [C:\Users\david\Documents\GitHub\2021\FTDI\FTDI Test\build\opendmx.vcxproj]

As far as I researched, the lib file is not linked, but when I remove the library tag in the bindings.gyp, it gives me a different error message, telling me that its not linked. So I guess its supposed to be linked in the way that I did it.

EDIT: I just found something, apparently, gyp works slightly different than the c++ compiler that you can find in VS. Suppositly i am supposed to add 'extern "C"' to the header file, which I tried in from of the parts where it is throwing an error but its not really solving anything. Just getting the same error.