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!