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skills/github-app-token/scripts/generate_jwt.py
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Chris Farhood f425b5191e fix: rewrite openssl signing to use file path directly
The previous implementation had a stdin conflict -- it passed the PEM
key on stdin but also needed to pass the unsigned data on stdin. Now
that we take a file path, openssl reads the key from the file and gets
the data to sign from stdin.

Also removed the dead-code tempfile fallback and unused hashlib import.
2026-03-25 21:34:11 -04:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Generate a JWT for GitHub App authentication.
Reads from environment variables:
GITHUB_APP_ID - The GitHub App's numeric ID
GITHUB_APP_PEM_FILE - Path to the PEM-encoded private key file
Prints the signed JWT to stdout.
"""
import json
import os
import sys
import time
import base64
try:
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, serialization
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import padding
USE_CRYPTOGRAPHY = True
except ImportError:
import subprocess
USE_CRYPTOGRAPHY = False
def b64url(data: bytes) -> str:
return base64.urlsafe_b64encode(data).rstrip(b"=").decode("ascii")
def sign_with_cryptography(unsigned: str, pem_contents: str) -> str:
"""Sign using the cryptography library. Handles both PKCS#1 and PKCS#8 PEM formats."""
private_key = serialization.load_pem_private_key(pem_contents.encode(), password=None)
signature = private_key.sign(unsigned.encode(), padding.PKCS1v15(), hashes.SHA256())
return b64url(signature)
def sign_with_openssl(unsigned: str, pem_file: str) -> str:
"""Sign using the openssl CLI. Reads the key from the file path directly."""
result = subprocess.run(
["openssl", "dgst", "-sha256", "-sign", pem_file, "-binary"],
input=unsigned.encode(),
capture_output=True,
)
if result.returncode != 0:
print(f"error: openssl signing failed: {result.stderr.decode()}", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
return b64url(result.stdout)
def main():
app_id = os.environ.get("GITHUB_APP_ID")
pem_file = os.environ.get("GITHUB_APP_PEM_FILE")
if not app_id:
print("error: GITHUB_APP_ID is not set", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
if not pem_file:
print("error: GITHUB_APP_PEM_FILE is not set", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
if not os.path.isfile(pem_file):
print(f"error: PEM file not found: {pem_file}", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
now = int(time.time())
header = b64url(json.dumps({"alg": "RS256", "typ": "JWT"}).encode())
payload = b64url(
json.dumps({"iat": now - 60, "exp": now + 600, "iss": app_id}).encode()
)
unsigned = f"{header}.{payload}"
if USE_CRYPTOGRAPHY:
with open(pem_file, "r") as f:
pem_contents = f.read()
signature = sign_with_cryptography(unsigned, pem_contents)
else:
signature = sign_with_openssl(unsigned, pem_file)
print(f"{unsigned}.{signature}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()