JSON Web Token CLI

A simple command line interface (CLI) for the jsonwebtoken (JWT) library that can encode and decode both HS256 and RS256 tokens.

Installation

npm install --global jsonwebtokencli

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Returns:

jsonwebtokencli

  A json web token command line interface

Options

  -h, --help                  Display this help
  -d, --decode                Decode an encoded jwt token
  -e, --encode                Encode a decoded jwt token - requires secret or private key
  -s, --secret string         Used with decode and encode - when used with decode the jwt token is verified
  --private-key-file string   Used with encode - the key to sign a decoded jwt token with
  --public-key-file string    When used with decode the encoded jwt token is verified
  -t, --timestamp             Used with encode - whether or not to include iat
  --algorithm string          Used with encode - supported values include HS256, HS384 and RS256
  --algorithms string[]       Used with decode - requires secret or private key
  --jwt string                The jwt to decode or encode - falls back to stdin

HS256 Examples

Decode a HS256 token

jwt --decode eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiYWRtaW4iOnRydWV9.TJVA95OrM7E2cBab30RMHrHDcEfxjoYZgeFONFh7HgQ

{"sub":"1234567890","name":"John Doe","admin":true}

Verify a HS256 token using secret

jwt --decode --secret secret eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiYWRtaW4iOnRydWV9.TJVA95OrM7E2cBab30RMHrHDcEfxjoYZgeFONFh7HgQ

{"sub":"1234567890","name":"John Doe","admin":true}

Encode a HS256 token using secret

jwt --encode --secret secret '{"sub":"1234567890","name":"John Doe","admin":true}'

eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiYWRtaW4iOnRydWV9.TJVA95OrM7E2cBab30RMHrHDcEfxjoYZgeFONFh7HgQ

RS256 Examples

Decode a RS256 token

jwt --decode 'eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiYWRtaW4iOnRydWV9.EkN-DOsnsuRjRO6BxXemmJDm3HbxrbRzXglbN2S4sOkopdU4IsDxTI8jO19W_A4K8ZPJijNLis4EZsHeY559a4DFOd50_OqgHGuERTqYZyuhtF39yxJPAjUESwxk2J5k_4zM3O-vtd1Ghyo4IbqKKSy6J9mTniYJPenn5-HIirE'

{"sub":"1234567890","name":"John Doe","admin":true}

Verify a RS256 token using public key

cat > public.key <<EOF
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDdlatRjRjogo3WojgGHFHYLugdUWAY9iR3fy4arWNA1KoS8kVw33cJibXr8bvwUAUparCwlvdbH6dvEOfou0/gCFQsHUfQrSDv+MuSUMAe8jzKE4qW+jK+xQU9a03GUnKHkkle+Q0pX/g6jXZ7r1/xAK5Do2kQ+X5xK9cipRgEKwIDAQAB
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
EOF

jwt --decode --algorithms 'RS256' --public-key-file './public.key' 'eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiYWRtaW4iOnRydWV9.EkN-DOsnsuRjRO6BxXemmJDm3HbxrbRzXglbN2S4sOkopdU4IsDxTI8jO19W_A4K8ZPJijNLis4EZsHeY559a4DFOd50_OqgHGuERTqYZyuhtF39yxJPAjUESwxk2J5k_4zM3O-vtd1Ghyo4IbqKKSy6J9mTniYJPenn5-HIirE'

{"sub":"1234567890","name":"John Doe","admin":true}

Encode a RS256 token using private key

cat > private.key <<EOF
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
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
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
EOF

jwt --encode --algorithm 'RS256' --private-key-file './private.key' '{"sub":"1234567890","name":"John Doe","admin":true}'

eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiYWRtaW4iOnRydWV9.EkN-DOsnsuRjRO6BxXemmJDm3HbxrbRzXglbN2S4sOkopdU4IsDxTI8jO19W_A4K8ZPJijNLis4EZsHeY559a4DFOd50_OqgHGuERTqYZyuhtF39yxJPAjUESwxk2J5k_4zM3O-vtd1Ghyo4IbqKKSy6J9mTniYJPenn5-HIirE

stdin Examples

Decode stdin

echo eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiYWRtaW4iOnRydWV9.TJVA95OrM7E2cBab30RMHrHDcEfxjoYZgeFONFh7HgQ | jwt --decode

{"sub":"1234567890","name":"John Doe","admin":true}

Encode stdin

echo '{"sub":"1234567890","name":"John Doe","admin":true}' | jwt --encode --secret secret

eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiYWRtaW4iOnRydWV9.TJVA95OrM7E2cBab30RMHrHDcEfxjoYZgeFONFh7HgQ

Development

Check jwt is not installed globally:

$ which jwt
jwt not found

Maybe uninstall it:

npm --global uninstall jsonwebtokencli

In the project directory, use npm link:

$ npm link
/usr/local/bin/jwt -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/jsonwebtokencli/main.js

Check it worked:

$ which jwt
/usr/local/bin/jwt

Unlink when finished:

$ npm unlink

Known Issues

• There is little to no validation performed, so error messages leave a lot to be desired.