JWT 401 Error using Node.js & jwt-simple

[Joe_Lavoie]

After really hitting this from all angles, I actually found my solution in one of your comments from another post on here

[SOLVED] Can't Set Extension Required Configuration

I quickly looked at the readme, try passing new Buffer('extension_SecReT=', 'base64') as secret. It doesn’t say anywhere on the sign doc, but on the verify doc https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken#jwtverifytoken-secretorpublickey-options-callback

var secret = Buffer.from('sOmESecReT=', 'base64');

That line saved my butt, as I’m now getting the results I needed. Thank you again!