sails-application-generator/sailsapp/api/services/TokenAuth.js

command line tool

var jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');

module.exports.issueToken = function (payload, options) {
    var token = jwt.sign(payload, process.env.TOKEN_SECRET || sails.config.jwt.token_secret, options);
    return token;
};

module.exports.verifyToken = function (token, callback) {
    return jwt.verify(token, process.env.TOKEN_SECRET || sails.config.jwt.token_secret, {}, callback);
};