Vonage JWT Generator for Python

This package (vonage-jwt) provides functionality to generate a JWT in Python code.

It is used by the Vonage Python SDK, specifically by the vonage-http-client package, to generate JWTs for authentication. Thus, it doesn't require manual installation or configuration unless you're using this package independently of an SDK.

For full API documentation, refer to the Vonage developer documentation.

• Installation
• Generating JWTs
• Verifying a JWT signature

Installation

Install from the Python Package Index with pip:

pip install vonage-jwt

Generating JWTs

This JWT Generator can be used implicitly, just by using the Vonage Python SDK to make JWT-authenticated API calls.

It can also be used as a standalone JWT generator for use with Vonage APIs, like so:

Import the JwtClient object

from vonage_jwt import JwtClient

Create a JwtClient object

jwt_client = JwtClient(application_id, private_key)

Generate a JWT using the provided application id and private key

jwt_client.generate_application_jwt()

Optional JWT claims can be provided in a python dictionary:

claims = {'jti': 'asdfzxcv1234', 'nbf': now + 100}
jwt_client.generate_application_jwt(claims)

Verifying a JWT signature

You can use the verify_jwt.verify_signature method to verify a JWT signature is valid.

from vonage_jwt import verify_signature

verify_signature(TOKEN, SIGNATURE_SECRET) # Returns a boolean