JWTier

A simple Node.js CLI tool to generate JWTs using HS256 algorithm.

Installation

In order to use this CLI tool you can install it globally:

## with npm
npm install -g jwtier

## pnpm
pnpm add -g jwtier

## or yarn
yarn global add jwtier

or use it with npx:

npx jwtier

Usage

Call jwtier from the command line and you will be prompted to enter the following information:

| Field | Description | Example | | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | | secret | The secret from which the JWT will be generated. If you don't have one JWTier will generate one for you. | mysecret | | issuer | Defines the iss JWT payload. | my-company | | audience | Defines the aud JWT payload | my-app | | subject | Defines the sub JWT payload | auth | | expiration | Defines the exp JWT payload. It can be a Unix Timestamp or a string which will be resolved as a time span | 1h, 2.5 weeks, 1717623978 | | extra payload | Defines the extra payload to be added to the JWT. It must be a valid JSON string. | {"foo": "bar"} |

After this JWTier will display the JWT and the secret on your command line and copy it to your clipboard; you can test it with the JWT Debugger from jwt.io!