xk6-jose

A k6 extension for Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) standards.

Features

• parse JSON Web Key
• generate new JSON Web Key
• adopt existing JSON Web Key
• sign JSON Web Token
• verify JSON Web Token signature
• decode JSON Web Token without signature verification

For complete API documentation click here!

The underlying implementation is https://github.com/square/go-jose

Built for k6 using xk6.

Usage

Import an entire module's contents:

import * as jwt from "k6/x/jose/jwt";

Import a single export from a module:

import { sign } from "k6/x/jose/jwt";

Build

To build a k6 binary with this extension, first ensure you have the prerequisites:

• Go toolchain
• Git

Then:

1. Install xk6:

$ go install go.k6.io/xk6/cmd/xk6@latest

2. Build the binary:

$ xk6 build --with github.com/szkiba/xk6-jose@latest