JWTGen

CLI for generating Json Web Tokens (JWT's)

CLI takes multiple key value pairs as input, and copy the generated JWT to your clipboard.

Required inputs are user_id and email. In addition, other key/value pairs can also be entered.

Installation

$ gem install jwtgen

Dependencies

Check dependencies of Ruby Clipboard

Usage

Basic usage without encryption:

$ jwtgen user_id 1234 email ted.crilly@example.com
The JWT has been copied to your clipboard!

Provide HMAC algorithm and secret key:

$ jwtgen --key my$ecretK3y --algorithm HS512 \
    user_id 1234 \
    email dougal.mcguire@example.com \
    name "Dougal McGuire" \
    role Manager
The JWT has been copied to your clipboard!

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/shhavel/jwtgen.

Uninstall

To uninstall gem and remove executables run gem uninstall jwtgen