README.md
1`jwt` command-line tool
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4This is a simple tool to sign, verify and show JSON Web Tokens from
5the command line.
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7The following will create and sign a token, then verify it and output the original claims:
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9 echo {\"foo\":\"bar\"} | ./jwt -key ../../test/sample_key -alg RS256 -sign - | ./jwt -key ../../test/sample_key.pub -alg RS256 -verify -
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11Key files should be in PEM format. Other formats are not supported by this tool.
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13To simply display a token, use:
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15 echo $JWT | ./jwt -show -
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17You can install this tool with the following command:
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19 go install github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4/cmd/jwt