How to quickly create cryptographic secrets using nodejs

This was stolen adapted from JWT Authentication Tutorial - Node.js by @DevSimplified.

First, start up node from a terminal. Then type the following:

This will simply 

First, start up node from a terminal. Then execute the following line:

require("crypto").randomBytes(64).toString("hex")

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The result will be a secret token.

Here's the same thing as an executable JavaScript file, which outputs the token as both hex and base64:

	#!/usr/local/bin/node
	const tokenBytes = require("crypto").randomBytes(64);
	console.log({
	hex: tokenBytes.toString("hex"),
	base64: tokenBytes.toString("base64"),
	});

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