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diff --git a/security/py-python-jose/pkg-descr b/security/py-python-jose/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ea7743d4e993 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/py-python-jose/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +A JOSE implementation in Python + +The JavaScript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) technologies - JSON Web +Signature (JWS), JSON Web Encryption (JWE), JSON Web Key (JWK), and JSON Web +Algorithms (JWA) - collectively can be used to encrypt and/or sign content +using a variety of algorithms. While the full set of permutations is extremely +large, and might be daunting to some, it is expected that most applications +will only use a small set of algorithms to meet their needs. + +Usage + +>>> from jose import jwt +>>> token = jwt.encode({'key': 'value'}, 'secret', algorithm='HS256') +u'eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJrZXkiOiJ2YWx1ZSJ9.FG-8UppwHaFp1LgRYQQeS6EDQF7_6-bMFegNucHjmWg' + +>>> jwt.decode(token, 'secret', algorithms=['HS256']) +{u'key': u'value'} + + +WWW: https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose |