testToken.js

const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken')
require('dotenv').config() 

const jwtTest = async () => {
  try {
    // simulate a server response when a user is logged in
    // create jwt paload
    const payload = {
      name: 'hi im a user',
      id: 'jklhf3245jklhdsf',
      // password???? -- NO 
      email: 'email@domain.com'
    }

    // sign the jwt token
    const secret = 'my secret that the token is signed with, this is like a password'
    const token = jwt.sign(payload, secret, { expiresIn: (60 * 60) * 24 }) // exprires in is how long the token is good for in minutes
    // decode the jwt -- make sure that the secret in the jwt is the same as our server's secret
    const decode = jwt.verify(token, process.env.JWT_SECRET)
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(err)
  }
}

jwtTest()