AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute '_jws'

[furqan-asghar]

AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute '_jws'

got this error :

File "E:\github\MyGits\TDA\rest_server_sql.py", line 113, in login
token = jwt.JWT.encode({'public_id' : user.public_id, 'exp' : datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(minutes=30)}, app.config['SECRET_KEY'])
File "E:\github\MyGits\TDA\venv_tda\lib\site-packages\jwt\jwt.py", line 44, in encode
return self._jws.encode(message, key, alg, optional_headers)
AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute '_jws'

while generating token:
token = jwt.JWT.encode({'public_id' : user.public_id, 'exp' : datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(minutes=30)}, app.config['SECRET_KEY'])

[yosida95]

It's a caller bug. jwt.JWT.encode is not a static method, you should instantiate jwt.JWT class first and then call encode method of that instance.

[peterwoo339]

can anyone shed a light? I've got the same issue..

[yosida95]

You should first instantiate the jwt.JWT class, then call the encode instance method of the instance.

import jwt

instance = jwt.JWT()
instance.encode(...)

There is also a complete encoding/decoding code example on the README. Refer https://github.com/GehirnInc/python-jwt#examples.

[nwoow]

You should first instantiate the jwt.JWT class, then call the encode instance method of the instance.

import jwt

instance = jwt.JWT()
instance.encode(...)

There is also a complete encoding/decoding code example on the README. Refer https://github.com/GehirnInc/python-jwt#examples.

I have installed this using:
pip install jwt

And I am using a code:

 import jwt
 instance = jwt.JWT()
 encoded_jwt = instance.encode({'some': 'payload'}, 'secret', algorithm='HS256')

But I am getting error:

'function' object has no attribute 'JWT'

[yosida95]

@nwoow Please paste full Python traceback

[nwoow]

@nwoow Please paste full Python traceback

I am using Django and I have installed it and I am trying to generate a token using code above and the response I am getting:
I am getting this error:

instance = jwt.JWT()
AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'JWT'

[yosida95]

I think that there is a function named jwt (def jwt(...) or jwt = ...) in your script which imports the jwt library because if the jwt imported correctly, the jwt variable in your code should reference a module object, not a function object.

AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'JWT'

[nwoow]

@yosida95 I have changed my function name to something different actually in views.py controller name was def jwt so changed it to the other name and I am getting this error:

 instance = jwt.JWT()
AttributeError: module 'jwt' has no attribute 'JWT'

[yosida95]

@nwoow could you provide the output of pip freeze? I think you've installed both jwt and PyJWT. Due to known name clash issue (#9), both libraries cannot co-exist. Please also see this issue comment #11 (comment).

[nwoow]

@yosida95 yes I am using getstream client and they are using PyJWT both PyJWT and your jwt both are importing jwt how come. Do you have any solution

[yosida95]

Unfortunately, no. As of now both libraries use the same jwt module namespace and Python's module system cannot resolve import jwt deterministically.

[nwoow]

@yosida95 anyway I fixe the problem by uninstalling using :

pip uninstall jwt==1.0.0

And then I uninstalled pyJWT using:

pip uninstall PyJWT

And then install it again:

pip install PyJWT

And my code:

encoded = jwt.encode({'some': 'payload'}, 'secret', algorithm='HS256')

Is working