jwt-promisify

Table of contents

• About
• Installation
• Usage
  • API Documentation
• Resources
• Acknowledgements
• License

About

jwt-promisify is a wrapper for jsonwebtoken with support for Promises and TypeScript.

Installation

Install this package using NPM:

npm install jwt-promisify --save

Usage

import jwt from "jwt-promisify";

Or using CommonJS:

const jwt = require("jwt-promisify");

API Documentation

jwt.decode(token)

Decodes a token without verifying the signature. Returns null if the token cannot be decoded.

Parameter	Type	Optional	Description
token	string	❌	A signed token.
options	DecodeOptions	✔	Options for decoding.

Warning This method does not verify the signature. You should not use this method to decode untrusted tokens. You most likely want to use jwt.verify() instead.

jwt.sign(payload, key, options)

Signs a payload and generates a token.

Parameter	Type	Optional	Description
payload	string, object, Buffer	❌	Token payload.
key	Key	❌	Secret key.
options	SignOptions	✔	Options for signing.

jwt.verify(token, key, options)

Verifies and decodes a given token.

Parameter	Type	Optional	Description
token	string	❌	A signed token.
key	Key	❌	Secret key.
options	VerifyOptions	✔	Options for signing.

Key

A secret key used for signing and verifying tokens. Can be one of the following:

• string
• Buffer
• { key: string; passphrase: string; }

Resources

• Changelog
• NPM
• GitHub

Acknowledgements

• TypeScript definitions adapted from @types/jsonwebtoken

License

This project is licensed under MIT.