Encode output with extra quote

[vincentlkl]

payload = "test"
token = JWT.encode payload, rsa_private_key, 'RS256'

when I paste the token to
https://dinochiesa.github.io/jwt/
I am getting
"test"

It cannot decode it to as a raw text
test
** without the double quote

[anakinj]

The behaviour you are seeing is in line with the JWT RFC. The payload is required to be a "valid JSON object", in this case it's a JSON string.

If you want to have custom behaviours when it comes to encoding and decoding there is something in the making in #460. But until that is finished the payload given will always be represented as a JSON object.

[vincentlkl]

Thanks @anakinj looking forward to that.

I will close this issue as there is a WIP Pr #460