jwt-generate

Generate a JSON Web Token - JWT

Table of Contents

• CLI
• Commands
  • Generate
  • Decode
• CLI Examples

CLI

npm install -g jwt-generate

Commands

jwt-generate <command>

Commands:
  jwt-generate generate      Generates a JWT.
  jwt-generate decode <jwt>  Decodes a JWT.

Options:
  --version  Show version number                         [boolean]
  --help     Show help                                   [boolean]

Generate

jwt-generate generate

Generates a JWT. Either 'secret' or 'secretFile' must be supplied.

Options:
  --version         Show version number                                 [boolean]
  --help            Show help                                           [boolean]
  --secret, -s      JWT secret string.
  --secretFile, -f  File path containing the JWT Secret.
  --algorithm, -a   Choices: "RS256", "HS256".                          [string] [default: "HS256"]
  --expire, --exp   How long in seconds until the JWT should expire.    [number]
  --claims          JWT claims.

Decode

jwt-generate decode <jwt>

Decodes a JWT.

Options:
  --version  Show version number                         [boolean]
  --help     Show help                                   [boolean]

CLI Examples

Generates a JWT signed with the secret 'my-secret' using the HS256 algorithm.

jwt-generate generate --secret my-secret

{
  "headers": {
    "Authorization": "Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE1MjAwMjYzOTIsImV4cCI6MTUyMDAyOTk5Mn0.5TkR3nHlPA2LJhe8jGxE26AnkeCkfFeVrJN5FdOUPew"
  },
  "jwt": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE1MjAwMjYzOTIsImV4cCI6MTUyMDAyOTk5Mn0.5TkR3nHlPA2LJhe8jGxE26AnkeCkfFeVrJN5FdOUPew"
}

Generates a JWT signed with private key file 'private_key.pem' using the HS256 algorithm.

jwt-generate generate --secretFile private_key.pem

{
  "headers": {
    "Authorization": "Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE1MjAwMjYzODAsImV4cCI6MTUyMDAyOTk4MH0.19sUG-ncAycxdosaZJDGpkeSfuugmEH_fCPRJtTsOI4"
  },
  "jwt": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE1MjAwMjYzODAsImV4cCI6MTUyMDAyOTk4MH0.19sUG-ncAycxdosaZJDGpkeSfuugmEH_fCPRJtTsOI4"
}

Generates a JWT signed with private key file 'private_key.pem' using the RS256 algorithm.

jwt-generate generate -f private_key.pem -a RS256

{
  "headers": {
    "Authorization": "Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE1MjAwMjYzNTIsImV4cCI6MTUyMDAyOTk1Mn0.AkPpR5BASPD4qY-y_RIkVuaRNTnnA4VCyq7qRPd7nwsbdRGifDlRVJi0RoxyzFAWBkgskTJJK3Zb8v_AF16yp8QkNx00SvTMGOYueFjk2cWxCOneJyJ14K4huflTvqmky5VTpI6Bv5l6ezrpZaWVM9bmpbqI-_QC6A74mFkC5T45WRPXx0K14YCL2lW8UelnRFb8b3y9CdOA088wU4fShLHQvzPS0lzH-WXjfHl5_Dt7AjV8Bwim1sJS1yZudebKV3qEnO9nd4OhMlTeFH2vxevPumtlmmqCf6e5K59x27KcIu7tfkRK81WjX1HP-UiD-p0rpcney3oBDMHcjwIqZQ"
  },
  "jwt": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE1MjAwMjYzNTIsImV4cCI6MTUyMDAyOTk1Mn0.AkPpR5BASPD4qY-y_RIkVuaRNTnnA4VCyq7qRPd7nwsbdRGifDlRVJi0RoxyzFAWBkgskTJJK3Zb8v_AF16yp8QkNx00SvTMGOYueFjk2cWxCOneJyJ14K4huflTvqmky5VTpI6Bv5l6ezrpZaWVM9bmpbqI-_QC6A74mFkC5T45WRPXx0K14YCL2lW8UelnRFb8b3y9CdOA088wU4fShLHQvzPS0lzH-WXjfHl5_Dt7AjV8Bwim1sJS1yZudebKV3qEnO9nd4OhMlTeFH2vxevPumtlmmqCf6e5K59x27KcIu7tfkRK81WjX1HP-UiD-p0rpcney3oBDMHcjwIqZQ"
}

Outputs the decoded JWT in JSON format.

jwt-generate decode eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE1MjAwMjYyOTAsImV4cCI6MTUyMDAyOTg5MH0.lUGQ7n3QTWGLrH-KcMkCWsGlMWxO-QodOEdbGSeZF-A

{
  "header": {
    "typ": "JWT",
    "alg": "HS256"
  },
  "payload": {
    "iat": 1520026290,
    "exp": 1520029890
  },
  "signature": "lUGQ7n3QTWGLrH-KcMkCWsGlMWxO-QodOEdbGSeZF-A"
}