PyJWT 0.1.1

JSON Web Token implemtnation in Python

A Python implementation of [JSON Web Token draft 01](http://self-issued.info/docs/draft-jones-json-web-token-01.html).

Installing

sudo easy_install PyJWT

Usage

import jwt jwt.encode({“some”: “payload”}, “secret”)

Note the resulting JWT will not be encrypted, but verifiable with a secret key.

jwt.decode(“someJWTstring”, “secret”)

If the secret is wrong, it will raise a jwt.DecodeError telling you as such. You can still get at the payload by setting the verify argument to false.

jwt.decode(“someJWTstring”, verify=False)

Algorithms

The JWT spec supports several algorithms for cryptographic signing. This library currently supports:

• HS256 - HMAC using SHA-256 hash algorithm (default)

• HS384 - HMAC using SHA-384 hash algorithm

• HS512 - HMAC using SHA-512 hash algorithm

Change the algorithm with by setting it in encode:

jwt.encode({“some”: “payload”}, “secret”, “HS512”)

Tests

You can run tests from the project root after installed with:

python tests/test_jwt.py

License

MIT