Pyjwt
JSON Web Token implementation in Python
Install / Use
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PyJWT
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A Python implementation of RFC 7519 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519>. Original implementation was written by @progrium <https://github.com/progrium>.
Sponsor
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Installing
Install with pip:
.. code-block:: console
$ pip install PyJWT
Usage
.. code-block:: pycon
>>> import jwt
>>> encoded = jwt.encode({"some": "payload"}, "secret", algorithm="HS256")
>>> print(encoded)
eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb21lIjoicGF5bG9hZCJ9.4twFt5NiznN84AWoo1d7KO1T_yoc0Z6XOpOVswacPZg
>>> jwt.decode(encoded, "secret", algorithms=["HS256"])
{'some': 'payload'}
Documentation
View the full docs online at https://pyjwt.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
Tests
You can run tests from the project root after cloning with:
.. code-block:: console
$ tox
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