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PyJWT

JSON Web Token implementation in Python

Latest version: 2.10.1 registry icon
Maintenance score
100
Safety score
91
Popularity score
100
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Security
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2.10.1 0 0 0 0 0
2.10.0 0 0 1 0 0
2.9.0 0 0 0 0 0
2.8.0 0 0 0 0 0
2.7.0 0 0 0 0 0
2.6.0 0 0 0 0 0
2.5.0 0 0 0 0 0
2.4.0 0 0 0 0 0
2.3.0 0 0 0 1 0
2.2.0 0 0 0 1 0
2.1.0 0 0 0 1 0
2.0.1 0 0 0 1 0
2.0.0a2 0 0 0 1 0
2.0.0a1 0 0 0 1 0
2.0.0 0 0 0 1 0
1.7.1 0 0 0 1 0
1.7.0 0 0 0 1 0
1.6.4 0 0 0 1 0
1.6.3 0 0 0 1 0
1.6.1 0 0 0 1 0
1.6.0 0 0 0 1 0
1.5.3 0 0 0 1 0
1.5.2 0 0 0 1 0
1.5.1 0 0 0 1 0
1.5.0 0 0 0 2 0
1.4.2 0 0 0 1 0
1.4.1 0 0 0 1 0
1.4.0 0 0 0 1 0
1.3.0 0 0 0 1 0
1.1.0 0 0 0 1 0
1.0.1 0 0 0 1 0
1.0.0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4.3 0 0 1 1 0
0.4.2 0 0 1 1 0
0.4.1 0 0 1 1 0
0.4.0 0 0 1 1 0
0.3.2 0 0 1 1 0
0.3.1 0 0 1 1 0
0.3.0 0 0 1 1 0
0.2.3 0 0 1 1 0
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0.1.6 0 0 1 1 0
0.1.5 0 0 1 1 0
0.1.4 0 0 1 1 0
0.1.3 0 0 1 1 0
0.1.2 0 0 1 1 0
0.1.1 0 0 1 1 0

Stability
Latest release:

2.10.1 - This version is safe to use because it has no known security vulnerabilities at this time. Find out if your coding project uses this component and get notified of any reported security vulnerabilities with Meterian-X Open Source Security Platform

Licensing

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MIT   -   MIT License

Not a wildcard

Not proprietary

OSI Compliant

PyJWT

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A Python implementation of RFC 7519 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519>. Original implementation was written by @progrium <https://github.com/progrium>.

Sponsor

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Installing

Install with pip:

.. code-block:: console

$ pip install PyJWT

Usage

.. code-block:: pycon

>>> import jwt
>>> encoded = jwt.encode({"some": "payload"}, "secret", algorithm="HS256")
>>> print(encoded)
eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb21lIjoicGF5bG9hZCJ9.4twFt5NiznN84AWoo1d7KO1T_yoc0Z6XOpOVswacPZg
>>> jwt.decode(encoded, "secret", algorithms=["HS256"])
{'some': 'payload'}

Documentation

View the full docs online at https://pyjwt.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

Tests

You can run tests from the project root after cloning with:

.. code-block:: console

$ tox