K6 and JWT authentication

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How to automate JWT authentication in K6?
I want to get the authentication from JWT.

Currently we have npm javascript file which logins to the application using headless browser and retrieve the authentication. I believe we can not integrate npm module in K6.

Can anyone give examples of how they are doing it?

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Hi @Jay,

You’re right, it’d be best to avoid npm module (docs) but it’s possible to add the logic for JWT in k6 script.
Basics for authentication in k6 are here: these examples are not for JWT specifically but they include similar steps and can be used as a template.
And the full example of how to sign / encode / decode JWT in k6 script is here:

I think one of these or a combination should be sufficient to add necessary authentication.

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