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jwt:tldr:a1995
jwt: Encode key pair payload to JWT.
$ jwt encode --alg ${HS256} --secret ${1234567890} -P key=value
try on your machine
This command is using a tool or library called jwt
to encode a JSON Web Token (JWT). Here is the breakdown of each part of the command:
jwt encode
: This is the main command to encode a JWT.--alg ${HS256}
: This flag specifies the algorithm to be used for encoding the JWT. In this case, it is set toHS256
, which is a symmetric algorithm that uses a shared secret key to both encode and decode the token.--secret ${1234567890}
: This flag sets the secret key to be used with the specified algorithm. In this case, the secret key is set as1234567890
. The actual secret key used in real applications would typically be longer and more secure.-P key=value
: This flag is used to add any additional claims or properties to the JWT. It allows you to specify custom key-value pairs that will be included in the encoded token. Replacekey
andvalue
with the specific key-value pairs you want to include in your JWT.
Overall, this command encodes a JWT using the HS256 algorithm with the secret key 1234567890
and adds additional properties specified by the -P
flag.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.