PyJWT

A Python implementation of RFC 7519. Original implementation was written by @progrium.

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Installing

Install with pip:

$ pip install PyJWT

Usage

>>> 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:

$ tox