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# Using JWT

This section outlines how to import the JWT package both with or without a Vapor project.

## With Vapor

The easiest way to use JWT with Vapor is to include the JWT provider.

    import PackageDescription

    let package = Package(
        name: "Project",
        dependencies: [
            .Package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/vapor.git", majorVersion: 2),
            .Package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/jwt-provider.git", majorVersion: 1)
        ],
        exclude: [ ... ]
    )

The JWT provider package adds JWT to your project and adds some additional, Vapor-specific conveniences like `drop.signers`.

Use `import JWTProvider`.

## Just JWT

At the core of the JWT provider is a fast, pure-Swift JWT implementation for parsing, serializing, and verifying JSON Web Tokens.

    import PackageDescription

    let package = Package(
        name: "Project",
        dependencies: [
            ...
            .Package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/jwt.git", majorVersion: 2)
        ],
        exclude: [ ... ]
    )

Use `import JWT` to access the `JWT` class.