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The jwa npm package is a JavaScript implementation of JSON Web Algorithms (JWA) as specified in RFC 7518. It provides functionality to perform cryptographic operations such as signing and verifying signatures using various algorithms.
Signing
This feature allows you to create a signature for a given payload using a specified algorithm and secret. The 'HS256' algorithm is used in this example to sign the 'Hello, world!' payload.
"use strict";\nconst jwa = require('jwa');\nconst algorithm = 'HS256';\nconst hmac = jwa(algorithm);\nconst secret = 'mysecret';\nconst payload = 'Hello, world!';\nconst signature = hmac.sign(payload, secret);\nconsole.log('Signature:', signature);
Verifying Signatures
This feature allows you to verify a signature for a given payload using the same algorithm and secret that were used to sign the payload. It returns a boolean indicating whether the signature is valid.
"use strict";\nconst jwa = require('jwa');\nconst algorithm = 'HS256';\nconst hmac = jwa(algorithm);\nconst secret = 'mysecret';\nconst payload = 'Hello, world!';\nconst signature = 'signatureFromSigning';\nconst isValid = hmac.verify(payload, signature, secret);\nconsole.log('Is signature valid?', isValid);
jsonwebtoken is a popular npm package that implements JSON Web Tokens (JWT). It can be used to create and verify tokens that are signed with a secret or a public/private key. Unlike jwa, which focuses on the algorithms for signing and verifying, jsonwebtoken provides a higher-level API for handling JWTs, including payload encoding and decoding.
node-jose is a library for JavaScript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE). It provides a comprehensive suite of tools for working with JOSE standards, including JWA, JSON Web Key (JWK), JSON Web Signature (JWS), and JSON Web Encryption (JWE). Compared to jwa, node-jose offers a broader set of functionalities for handling encryption and key management in addition to signing and verification.
jws is a simple library to create and verify JSON Web Signatures (JWS). It is similar to jwa in that it focuses on the signing and verification of messages but provides a slightly different API and additional features for handling JWS objects directly.
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JWA implementation (supports all JWS algorithms)
The npm package jwa receives a total of 20,345,028 weekly downloads. As such, jwa popularity was classified as popular.
We found that jwa demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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