JWT CLI

Encode & Decode JWT Tokens

 

Installation

go install github.com/mehditeymorian/jwt/v2@latest

Commands are as below:

• config: view, edit, and set config
• encode: create standard JWT token
• decode: decode a JWT token
• gen: generate different keys such as rsa, hmac, ecdsa

# run the following command to see the full details.
jwt help

Configuration

The JWT use corresponding set of keys when you use different commands. For example, it will use rsa keys if you use command jwt gen rsa.

interactive: true
rsa:
  public_key: |-
    key
  private_key: |-
    key
hmac:
  key: key
  base64_encoded: false
ecdsa:
  public_key: |-
    key
  private_key: |-
    key

Note: if interactive config set to true, the command parameters will be taken from user interactively instead of reading them from command options.

use -c option to pass config file address.

Set Config

The order of reading config is as follows if config is not specified as option:

1. .jwt.(yaml|yml) file in the path where the JWT is running.
2. /etc/jwt/.jwt.(yaml|yml) file as default configuration. if config file is not present, one will be created.

Contribution

Any contribution in any form is welcomed. Open an issue to discuss it.

Contact

• Email

License

Unless otherwise noted, the JWT source files are distributed under the Apache Version 2.0 license found in the LICENSE file.