jwt Getting started with jwt Unsigned JWT

Example

An unsigned JWT has the header value alg: none and an empty JWS (signature) component:

eyJhbGciOiJub25lIn0
.eyJpc3MiOiJqb2UiLA0KICJleHAiOjEzMDA4MTkzODAsDQogImh0dHA6Ly9leGFtcGxlLmNvbS9pc19yb290Ijp0cnVlfQ
.

The trailing dot indicates that the signature is empty.

Header

{
  "alg": "none"
}

Payload

{
  "iss": "joe",
  "exp": 1300819380,
  "http://example.com/is_root": true
}