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x/jose/util/generate_secret.ts>default

"JSON Web Almost Everything" - JWA, JWS, JWE, JWT, JWK, JWKS with no dependencies using runtime's native crypto in Node.js, Browser, Cloudflare Workers, Electron, and Deno.
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import { default } from "https://deno.land/x/jose@v3.20.4/util/generate_secret.ts";

Generates a symmetric secret key for a given JWA algorithm identifier.

Note: Under Web Cryptography API runtime the secret key is generated with extractable set to false by default.

Examples

ESM import

import { generateSecret } from 'jose/util/generate_secret'

CJS import

const { generateSecret } = require('jose/util/generate_secret')

Deno import

import { generateSecret } from 'https://deno.land/x/jose@VERSION/util/generate_secret.ts'

Usage

const secret = await generateSecret('HS256')
console.log(secret)

Parameters

alg: string

JWA Algorithm Identifier to be used with the generated secret.

optional
options: GenerateSecretOptions

Additional options passed down to the secret generation.

Returns

Promise<KeyLike | Uint8Array>