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# jwt

> Work with JSON Web Tokens (JWTs).
> Encryption algorithms available are HS256, HS384, HS512, RS256, RS384, RS512, ES256, ES384.
> More information: <https://github.com/mike-engel/jwt-cli>.

- Decode a JWT:

`jwt decode {{jwt_string}}`

- Decode a JWT as a JSON string:

`jwt decode {{[-j|--json]}} {{jwt_string}}`

- Encode a JSON string to a JWT:

`jwt encode {{[-A|--alg]}} {{HS256}} {{[-S|--secret]}} {{1234567890}} '{{json_string}}'`

- Encode key pair payload to JWT:

`jwt encode {{[-A|--alg]}} {{HS256}} {{[-S|--secret]}} {{1234567890}} {{[-P|--payload]}} {{key=value}}`
