Generating JWT Tokens with Expiration

This function generates a JWT token for a given user_id, including an expiration time set to 1 hour from the current time. The token is encoded using the HS256 algorithm with a secret key.

Technology Stack : PyJWT, datetime, random

Code Type : Python Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import jwt
import datetime
import random

def generate_token(user_id, secret_key):
    # Create a payload with expiration time set to 1 hour from now
    payload = {
        'user_id': user_id,
        'exp': datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(hours=1)
    }
    
    # Generate a token using the JWT library
    token = jwt.encode(payload, secret_key, algorithm='HS256')
    
    return token

# Code Explanation
# This function generates a JWT token for a given user_id. It sets the expiration time to 1 hour from the current time. The token is encoded using the HS256 algorithm with a secret key.

# JSON Explanation