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JSON Web Key

JSON Web Keys (JWK) are a JSON data structure representing a cryptographic key.

Examples

Verifying token signatures

>>> from jose import jwk
>>>
>>> token = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjAxOGMwYWU1LTRkOWItNDcxYi1iZmQ2LWVlZjMxNGJjNzAzNyJ9.SXTigJlzIGEgZGFuZ2Vyb3VzIGJ1c2luZXNzLCBGcm9kbywgZ29pbmcgb3V0IHlvdXIgZG9vci4gWW91IHN0ZXAgb250byB0aGUgcm9hZCwgYW5kIGlmIHlvdSBkb24ndCBrZWVwIHlvdXIgZmVldCwgdGhlcmXigJlzIG5vIGtub3dpbmcgd2hlcmUgeW91IG1pZ2h0IGJlIHN3ZXB0IG9mZiB0by4.s0h6KThzkfBBBkLspW1h84VsJZFTsPPqMDA7g1Md7p0"
>>> hmac_key = {
    "kty": "oct",
    "kid": "018c0ae5-4d9b-471b-bfd6-eef314bc7037",
    "use": "sig",
    "alg": "HS256",
    "k": "hJtXIZ2uSN5kbQfbtTNWbpdmhkV8FJG-Onbc6mxCcYg"
}
>>>
>>> key = jwk.construct(key_data)
>>>
>>> key.verify(token)