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id: vonage-jwt
version: "1.1.5"
license: unclear
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# vonage-jwt — Tooling for working with JWTs for Vonage APIs in Python.

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 399.4K/mo

## What it is and what it does

vonage-jwt is a lightweight JWT generator and verifier designed for Vonage API authentication. It wraps the standard JWT workflow into a simple JwtClient interface that accepts an application ID and private key, then generates signed tokens with optional custom claims. The package is primarily used internally by the Vonage Python SDK but can also be used standalone for any Vonage API call that requires JWT authentication.

The package handles cryptographic signing via its runtime dependencies and provides both token generation and signature verification. It supports Python 3.9 through 3.13 and requires no system-level dependencies beyond Python itself, making it straightforward to integrate into existing authentication flows.

Use it for:

- Generate JWTs for Vonage API calls when using the package independently or building custom integrations.
- Verify incoming JWT signatures to validate that tokens were signed by a trusted Vonage application.
- Add custom claims (jti, nbf, etc.) to generated tokens for fine-grained control over token validity.
- Embed JWT generation in a microservice that needs to authenticate with Vonage APIs without the full SDK.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Generates and verifies JWTs for Vonage API authentication in Python, with support for custom claims and signature validation.

Yes, if you are building against Vonage APIs and need JWT authentication. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, installs with low friction, and is permissively licensed. It is most useful as a standalone tool when you do not want the full Vonage SDK; if you are already using the SDK, JWT generation happens automatically.

## Install

pip install vonage-jwt
uv add vonage-jwt
poetry add vonage-jwt

## Installing vonage-jwt

Before you install: Low friction installation with a pure-Python wheel. Actively maintained as of 2026-07-20 with no known vulnerabilities.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache Software License (permissive), allowing free use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

pip install vonage-jwt

from vonage_jwt import JwtClient

jwt_client = JwtClient(application_id, private_key)
token = jwt_client.generate_application_jwt()

Verify before relying:

- Performance characteristics when generating JWTs at scale or with large custom claim sets.
- Stability and maintenance status of runtime dependencies vonage-utils and pyjwt.

## Package facts

- License: not declared (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 399.4K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

JWT generation vonage, JWT authentication vonage apis, vonage token generator, JWT signature verification, vonage python jwt, application jwt generation, vonage api authentication, vonage-integration, jwt-auth

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