jwt (1)

NAME

jwt - Python implementation of JSON Web Token

SYNOPSIS

jwt [,options/] ,input/

DESCRIPTION

Encodes or decodes JSON Web Tokens based on input

OPTIONS

--version

show program's version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-n, --no-verify

ignore signature verification on decode

--key=,KEY/

set the secret key to sign with

--alg=,ALG/

set crypto algorithm to sign with. default=HS256

EXAMPLES

Decoding: jwt --key=,secret/ json.web.token
jwt --no-verify json.web.token Encoding requires the key option and takes space separated key/value pairs separated by equals (=) as input. Examples:
jwt --key=,secret/ iss=me exp=1302049071
jwt --key=,secret/ foo=bar exp=+10
The exp key is special and can take an offset to current Unix time.

AUTHOR

Jeff Lindsay <progrium@gmail.com>

This manual page was written by Daniele Tricoli <eriol@mornie.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).