JWT Vala Library

A Native Vala Minimal JWT Library

Build Requirements

• Vala

Usage

using JWT;

class demo {

  public static int main(string[] args) {
    string key = "secret";
    string payload = "{\"sub\":\"1234567890\",\"name\":\"John Doe\",\"admin\":true}";
    string header = "{\"alg\":\"HS256\",\"typ\":\"JWT\"}";

    var jwt = new Jwt();
    stdout.printf(jwt.encode(header, payload, key));
    return 0;
  }

}

Build Instructions

valac JWT/jwt.vala demo.vala -o demo

Demo

The demo application is pre-configures with a plaintext secret secret

✗ valac JWT/jwt.vala demo.vala -o demo
✗ ./demo
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