"expiresIn" doesn't work with string or number

[salali]

Getting the error

"expiresIn" should be a number of seconds or string representing a timespan eg: "1d", "20h", 60

I looked at where the error was being thrown in index.js line 86:

payload.exp = timespan(options.expiresIn);

I stepped through the timespan function and everything looks good there if I pass in either string or number. However the function always returns undefined?

[salali]

I should have read the documentation better:

payload could be an object literal, buffer or string. Please note that exp is only set if the payload is an object literal.

I was sending in a string.

Closing as non-issue.

[jgentes]

After updating to 5.5, I started seeing this error, whereas I wasn't seeing it before.

I am also passing a string in rather than an object literal, so I went ahead and removed the expiration since it's not being used and it cleared the error up.

However, this error message is incorrect - the format of "expiresIn" was correct, so this is an open bug in my opinion.

[jgentes]

Please re-open

[jfromaniello]

Notice that it will be silently ignored now when the payload doesn't support expiration. I plan to fail explicitly in the next major version.

[MeRahulAhire]

Out of nowhere I'm facing exact same issue. First it was working fine and now its giving me this error
invalid expiresIn option for string payload

const accessToken = jwt.sign(phone, JWT_AUTH_TOKEN, { expiresIn: '30s' });
const refreshToken = jwt.sign(phone, JWT_REFRESH_TOKEN, { expiresIn: '1y' });

[skibaalex]

@MeRahulAhire
any solutions? I am facing the same issue

[MeRahulAhire]

@skibaalex it's easy https://github.com/MeRahulAhire/React-Node-Passwordless-Auth/blob/a251fcc21b76d4136ad62ac8430077240c5b3b7f/server.js#L68

[nayabahmad]

Facing the same issue

[Xavek]

@nayabahmad You can check https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsonwebtoken the Token Expiration (exp claim) part.
I was also facing the same issue but this solved my problem

[xinthose]

Just make the payload an object:
Wrong: sign(data.username, ...
Right: sign({ "username": data.username }, ...

[kirilritobis]

Just make the payload an object: Wrong: sign(data.username, ... Right: sign({ "username": data.username }, ...

That solved the problem. Thank you

[juannguyenicd]

The type of payload to sign should be: 'object'

ref: https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken/blob/master/sign.js#L90

[hungify]

You can only set expiresIn when that payload is an object.

Ref: https://community.auth0.com/t/i-need-some-help-with-jwt-expiresin-syntax/47333