jsonwebtoken

Overview

JSON Web Token implementation (symmetric and asymmetric). This was developed against draft-ietf-oauth-json-web-token-08.

Installation

npm install jsonwebtoken

Core API / Usage

$ npm install jsonwebtoken

var jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
var token = jwt.sign({ foo: 'bar' }, 'shhhhh');

Common Patterns

Pattern 1

// sign with RSA SHA256
var privateKey = fs.readFileSync('private.key');
var token = jwt.sign({ foo: 'bar' }, privateKey, { algorithm: 'RS256' });

Configuration

See the official documentation for configuration options and advanced settings.

Tips & Gotchas

• Current version: 9.0.3. Check the changelog when upgrading across major versions.
• Refer to the official npm page for edge cases and advanced configuration.