luajwt

JSON Web Tokens for Lua

$ sudo luarocks install --server=http://rocks.moonscript.org luajwt

Usage

Basic usage:

local jwt = require "luajwt"

local key = "example_key"

local payload = {
	iss = "12345678",
	nbf = os.time(),
	exp = os.time() + 3600,
}

-- encode
local alg = "HS256" -- (default)
local token, err = jwt.encode(payload, key, alg)

-- token: eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiIx(cutted)...

-- decode and validate
local validate = true -- validate signature, exp and nbf (default: true)
local decoded, err = jwt.decode(token, key, validate)

-- decoded: { ["iss"] = 12345678, ["nbf"] = 1405108000, ["exp"] = 1405181916 }

-- only decode
local unsafe, err = jwt.decode(token)

-- unsafe:  { ["iss"] = 12345678, ["nbf"] = 1405108000, ["exp"] = 1405181916 }

An openresty/nginx lua jwt auth example:

# nginx.conf
location /auth {
	content_by_lua '
		local jwt = require "luajwt"

		local args = ngx.req.get_uri_args(1)

		if not args.jwt then

			return ngx.say("Where is token?")
		end

		local key = "SECRET"

		local ok, err = jwt.decode(args.jwt, key)

		if not ok then

			return ngx.say("Error: ", err)
		end

		ngx.say("Welcome!")
	';
}

Generate token and try:

$ curl your.server/auth?jwt=TOKEN

Algorithms

HMAC

• HS256 - HMAC using SHA-256 hash algorithm (default)
• HS384 - HMAC using SHA-384 hash algorithm
• HS512 - HMAC using SHA-512 hash algorithm

RSA

• RS256 - RSA using SHA-256 hash algorithm
• RS384 - RSA using SHA-384 hash algorithm
• RS512 - RSA using SHA-512 hash algorithm

License

MIT