Cloudflare Worker JWT

A lightweight JWT implementation with ZERO dependencies for Cloudflare Workers.

Contents

• Install
• Examples
• Usage
  • Sign
  • Verify
  • Decode

Install

npm i @tsndr/cloudflare-worker-jwt

Examples

Basic Example

async () => {
    import jwt from '@tsndr/cloudflare-worker-jwt'

    // Creating a token
    const token = await jwt.sign({ name: 'John Doe', email: 'john.doe@gmail.com' }, 'secret')

    // Verifing token
    const isValid = await jwt.verify(token, 'secret')

    // Check for validity
    if (!isValid)
        return

    // Decoding token
    const { payload } = jwt.decode(token)
}

Restrict Timeframe

async () => {
    import jwt from '@tsndr/cloudflare-worker-jwt'

    // Creating a token
    const token = await jwt.sign({
        name: 'John Doe',
        email: 'john.doe@gmail.com',
        nbf: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + (60 * 60),      // Not before: Now + 1h
        exp: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + (2 * (60 * 60)) // Expires: Now + 2h
    }, 'secret')

    // Verifing token
    const isValid = await jwt.verify(token, 'secret') // false

    // Check for validity
    if (!isValid)
        return

    // Decoding token
    const { payload } = jwt.decode(token) // { name: 'John Doe', email: 'john.doe@gmail.com', ... }
}

Usage

• Sign
• Verify
• Decode

---

Sign

jwt.sign(payload, secret, [options])

Signs a payload and returns the token.

Arguments

Argument	Type	Status	Default	Description
payload	object	required	-	The payload object. To use nbf (Not Before) and/or exp (Expiration Time) add nbf and/or exp to the payload.
secret	string	required	-	A string which is used to sign the payload.
options	object	optional	{ algorithm: 'HS256' }	The options object supporting algorithm and keyid. (See Available Algorithms)

return

Returns token as a string.

---

Verify

jwt.verify(token, secret, [options])

Verifies the integrity of the token and returns a boolean value.

Argument	Type	Status	Default	Description
token	string	required	-	The token string generated by jwt.sign().
secret	string	required	-	The string which was used to sign the payload.
options	object	optional	{ algorithm: 'HS256', skipValidation: false, throwError: false }	The options object supporting algorithm, skipValidation and throwError. (See Available Algorithms)

throws

If options.throwError is true and the token is invalid, an error will be thrown.

return

Returns true if signature, nbf (if set) and exp (if set) are valid, otherwise returns false.

---

Decode

jwt.decode(token)

Returns the payload without verifying the integrity of the token. Please use jwt.verify() first to keep your application secure!

Argument	Type	Status	Default	Description
token	string	required	-	The token string generated by jwt.sign().

return

Returns an object containing header and payload:

{
    header: {
        alg: 'HS256',
        typ: 'JWT'
    },
    payload: {
        name: 'John Doe',
        email: 'john.doe@gmail.com'
    }
}

Available Algorithms

• ES256
• ES384
• ES512
• HS256
• HS384
• HS512
• RS256
• RS384
• RS512