jwt_encoding.py

import jwt
import sys

"""
python script for jwt encryption and decryption
"""


class JwtEncoding(object):

    def __init__(self):
        pass

    def encoding(self, privatekey_path, payload):
        try:
            self.key = open(privatekey_path, 'r')
        except :
            raise IOError
            print "Could not read file:", publickey_path
            return None
        with self.key:
            self.private_key = self.key.read()

        self.payload = payload
        self.encoded_token = jwt.encode(
            self.payload, self.private_key, algorithm="RS512")
        return self.encoded_token

    def decoding(self, publickey_path, encoded_token):
        try:
            self.key = open(publickey_path, 'r')
        except :
            raise IOError
            print "Could not read file:", publickey_path
            return None
        with self.key:
            self.public_key = self.key.read()
        self.encoded_token = encoded_token
        self.token = jwt.decode(
            self.encoded_token,
            self.public_key,
            verify=True)
        return self.token