python-jwt 3.2.0

Module for generating and verifying JSON Web Tokens

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Module for generating and verifying [JSON Web Tokens](http://self-issued.info/docs/draft-ietf-oauth-json-web-token.html).

- **Note:** From version 2.0.1 the namespace has changed from `jwt` to `python_jwt`, in order to avoid conflict with [PyJWT](https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt).
- **Note:** Versions 1.0.0 and later fix [a vulnerability](https://www.timmclean.net/2015/02/25/jwt-alg-none.html) in JSON Web Token verification so please upgrade if you're using this functionality. The API has changed so you will need to update your application. [verify_jwt](http://rawgit.davedoesdev.com/davedoesdev/python-jwt/master/docs/_build/html/index.html#python_jwt.verify_jwt) now requires you to specify which signature algorithms are allowed.
- Uses [jwcrypto](https://jwcrypto.readthedocs.io) to do the heavy lifting.
- Supports [__RS256__, __RS384__, __RS512__](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-jose-json-web-algorithms-14#section-3.3), [__PS256__, __PS384__, __PS512__](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-jose-json-web-algorithms-14#section-3.5), [__HS256__, __HS384__, __HS512__](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-jose-json-web-algorithms-14#section-3.2) and [__none__](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-jose-json-web-algorithms-14#section-3.6) signature algorithms.
- Unit tests, including tests for interoperability with [node-jsjws](https://github.com/davedoesdev/node-jsjws).
- Supports Python 3.6. **Note:** [generate_jwt](http://rawgit.davedoesdev.com/davedoesdev/python-jwt/master/docs/_build/html/index.html#python_jwt.generate_jwt) returns the token as a Unicode string, even on Python 2.7.

Example:

```python
import python_jwt as jwt, jwcrypto.jwk as jwk, datetime
key = jwk.JWK.generate(kty='RSA', size=2048)
payload = { 'foo': 'bar', 'wup': 90 };
token = jwt.generate_jwt(payload, key, 'PS256', datetime.timedelta(minutes=5))
header, claims = jwt.verify_jwt(token, key, ['PS256'])
for k in payload: assert claims[k] == payload[k]
```

The API is described [here](http://rawgit.davedoesdev.com/davedoesdev/python-jwt/master/docs/_build/html/index.html).


## Installation

```shell
pip install python_jwt
```

## Another Example

You can read and write keys from and to [PEM-format](http://www.openssl.org/docs/crypto/pem.html) strings:

```python
import python_jwt as jwt, jwcrypto.jwk as jwk, datetime
key = jwk.JWK.generate(kty='RSA', size=2048)
priv_pem = key.export_to_pem(private_key=True, password=None)
pub_pem = key.export_to_pem()
payload = { 'foo': 'bar', 'wup': 90 };
priv_key = jwk.JWK.from_pem(priv_pem)
pub_key = jwk.JWK.from_pem(pub_pem)
token = jwt.generate_jwt(payload, priv_key, 'RS256', datetime.timedelta(minutes=5))
header, claims = jwt.verify_jwt(token, pub_key, ['RS256'])
for k in payload: assert claims[k] == payload[k]
```

## Licence

[MIT](https://raw.github.com/davedoesdev/python-jwt/master/LICENCE)

## Tests

```shell
make test
```

## Lint

```shell
make lint
```

## Code Coverage

```shell
make coverage
```

[coverage.py](http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage/) results are available [here](http://rawgit.davedoesdev.com/davedoesdev/python-jwt/master/coverage/html/index.html).

Coveralls page is [here](https://coveralls.io/r/davedoesdev/python-jwt).

## Benchmarks

```shell
make bench
```

Here are some results on a laptop with an Intel Core i5-4300M 2.6Ghz CPU and 8Gb RAM running Ubuntu 17.04.

Generate Key|user (ns)|sys (ns)|real (ns)
:--|--:|--:|--:
RSA|103,100,000|200,000|103,341,537

Generate Token|user (ns)|sys (ns)|real (ns)
:--|--:|--:|--:
HS256|220,000|0|226,478
HS384|220,000|0|218,233
HS512|230,000|0|225,823
PS256|1,530,000|10,000|1,536,235
PS384|1,550,000|0|1,549,844
PS512|1,520,000|10,000|1,524,844
RS256|1,520,000|10,000|1,524,565
RS384|1,530,000|0|1,528,074
RS512|1,510,000|0|1,526,089

Load Key|user (ns)|sys (ns)|real (ns)
:--|--:|--:|--:
RSA|210,000|3,000|210,791

Verify Token|user (ns)|sys (ns)|real (ns)
:--|--:|--:|--:
HS256|100,000|0|101,478
HS384|100,000|10,000|103,014
HS512|110,000|0|104,323
PS256|230,000|0|231,058
PS384|240,000|0|237,551
PS512|240,000|0|232,450
RS256|230,000|0|227,737
RS384|230,000|0|230,698
RS512|230,000|0|228,624