generate-a-signed-jwt-token.md

Generate A Signed JWT Token

The jwt gem is a Ruby library for encoding and decoding JWT tokens. You can create a signed JWT with the #encode method by specifying a secret and a hash algorithm.

payload = { id: 1, email: 'user@example.com' }
secret = Rails.application.credentials.secret_key_base

token = JWT.encode(payload, secret, 'HS256')

This will create a JWT token that contains some JWT headers, application data, and an encrypted secret that signs the data. This can be passed to and from your client app as a way of identifying and authenticating a user.

See the jwt-ruby docs or jwt.io for more details.