jwt-encode

Generate json webtokens in the browser

Purpose

Sometimes you need to create a Json Webtoken (JWT) in the browser. This is very tiny module that enables this but only for the HS256 algorithm and the JWT type.

Usage

const sign = require('jwt-encode');
const secret = 'secret';
const data = {
  sub: '1234567890',
  name: 'John Doe',
  iat: 1516239022
};
const jwt = sign(data, secret);
console.log(jwt);
//'eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiaWF0IjoxNTE2MjM5MDIyfQ.XbPfbIHMI6arZ3Y922BhjWgQzWXcXNrz0ogtVhfEd2o'

API

sign(data, secret, options) ⇒ string

Create a very basic JWT signature

Kind: global function
Returns: string - JSON Web Token that has been signed

Param	Type	Description
data	Object	the data object you want to have signed
secret	string	secret to use to sign token with
options	Object	JWT header options

Installation

This module is installed via npm:

$ npm install jwt-encode

Attribution

Based on this codepen

License

The BSD License

Copyright (c) 2020, Eugene Ware

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