Jot
A light wrapper around the JWT gem.
Setup
Configure the gem:
Jot.configure do |config|
config.algorithm = "HS256"
config.secret = # Something long and complex, such as a value generated by SecureRandom.hex(32)
end
You may wish to also specify the expiration time for tokens as well. The default is 1 hour, but it can be overridden:
config.expiration_time_in_seconds = 1500 # 25 minutes
Usage
Encode a payload:
Jot.encode({ user_id: 1 }) # => "eyJhbGciOiJIUz..."
Decode a payload:
Jot.decode("eyJhbGciOiJIUz...") # => { "user_id" => 1 }
Decode a payload and get the header information too:
Jot.original_decode("eyJhbGciOiJIUz") # => [{ "user_id" => 1 }, { "alg" => "HS256" }]
Exceptions raised for invalid / expired tokens will be the same as those raised by the JWT gem.