create_access_token() — fastapi Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the create_access_token() function in tutorial005_an_py310.py from the fastapi codebase.

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  f8e7cc5b_4846_9b9d_cbab_8154d3596af6["login_for_access_token()"]
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Source Code

docs_src/security/tutorial005_an_py310.py lines 94–102

def create_access_token(data: dict, expires_delta: timedelta | None = None):
    to_encode = data.copy()
    if expires_delta:
        expire = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + expires_delta
    else:
        expire = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + timedelta(minutes=15)
    to_encode.update({"exp": expire})
    encoded_jwt = jwt.encode(to_encode, SECRET_KEY, algorithm=ALGORITHM)
    return encoded_jwt