Function generateToken

example/lib/helpers.js:33–47

(req, GUID, opts)

// create JWT
function generateToken(req, GUID, opts) {
  opts = opts || {};

  // By default, expire the token after 7 days.
  // NOTE: the value for 'exp' needs to be in seconds since
  // the epoch as per the spec!
  var expiresDefault = '7d';

  var token = jwt.sign({
    auth:  GUID,
    agent: req.headers['user-agent']
  }, secret, { expiresIn: opts.expires || expiresDefault });

  return token;
}

function generateAndStoreToken(req, opts) {
  var GUID   = generateGUID(); // write/use a better GUID generator in practice