jose/docs/functions/util_generate_secret.generatesecret.md

Function: generateSecret

util/generate_secret.generateSecret

▸ generateSecret(alg: string): Promise<KeyLike>

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

example

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

example

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

example

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

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
alg	string	JWA Algorithm Identifier to be used with the generated secret.

Returns: Promise<KeyLike>

Defined in: util/generate_secret.ts:28