ValidationError: "expiresInMinutes" is not allowed NodeJs JsonWebToken

Question

I am using NodeJs with JsonWebtoken Module.

I am facing this error when calling sign method of json web token

ValidationError: "expiresInMinutes" is not allowed

var jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');  exports.authenticate = function(req, res, next) {     var user = {"Name":"Abdul"} //static data for test purpose.      var token = jwt.sign(user, req.app.get('jwtTokenSecret'), {           expiresInMinutes: 1440 // expires in 24 hours         });          // return the information including token as JSON         res.json({           success: true,           message: 'Enjoy your token!',           token: token         });  } 

Answer 1

Ok I found that from https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsonwebtoken

You have to call expiresIn rather than expiresInMinutes.

 var token = jwt.sign(user, req.app.get('jwtTokenSecret'), {            expiresIn : 60*60*24          }); 

Here the value of expiresIn is measured in seconds rather than minutes, so the value has to be put in properly.