What are JSON Web Keys (Jwk)?

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A JSON Web Key (Jwk) represents a key as a JSON object.

Example

{
  "keys": [
    {
      "d": "Y5ULK-bLRqKAg6FcuDx4HCQmnMYUv67IQ394KBmw6F-LbdbMhNyn6UH2RAr4Wkg-TL0QXZbfuOdvvE8ZlGeWJxCGx2XOzO1wQT12mhNTD1S9NtrD_wQMc34sE6Qy5JK2CE-tWzPRT_cKzWXEJGsR0FWHphUjZOg7-vfAgPYZaZ7rptdgtq3mEs45MiURVx7DBgu5AH2x0R-s37wtR1Xw9Vx1tD6ScGl7sMu7RWerDbkkfuAUSnON_8lHzHt_GvWYI3za4KiWRH5HeYVACQ3nBrnKju_kMp9lLEGC6pgbLkthnvjf0KjMcUoKrRMKKbENhyzwFcZ6pZAtdUg-Ec3AYQ",
      "e": "AQAB",
      "n": "j37Y-Fmx2Pr9xCHXhBWvDRaXobvpikF2Nd2J_FoK8U5SlMebmqrEwddegw4OoWbBcTfcK9UMiK7mOYH7xpIxPmXyUl_ByMLT-0gTLhq-KhzsZ3SxoUqVThF6-x8XJ8DiBYO3RUSfZ3xwQwHtlXdhg6hk-iUaArYBEKGhp8R75d4w6gFHXnSzgY_llxwU7dBFUgk6H1CbBK1ozmOP5xzgnSovYt5PEetwfHjbSm_q1yFd9AuwT5QgFQhmB2jJH9rdL_W4zf8U71a3tuN-fG3LmXc2jtuDMg5LAVjzaXtPX0kQKH8_88qER1UeNfa3ceJgCfvr_EVt8PkIkh8mhB4AbQ",
      "kty": "RSA",
      "use": "sig",
      "kid": "1"
    }
  ]
}

What are the providers?

These JSON documents are provided by an identity provider server like Google, Microsoft, etc…​ but you can also generate your keys:

• online: https://mkjwk.org/.
• offline: https://connect2id.com/products/nimbus-jose-jwt/generator

Standard

JWKs are a standard used by:

• OpenID connect
• and JWT providers.