this is a major change, it changes the default encoding from binary to utf8

jfromaniello · jfromaniello · commit 92d33bd99a34 · 2015-03-06T09:09:46.000-03:00
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "jws": "~1.0.1"
+    "jws": "~2.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "atob": "~1.1.2",
diff --git a/test/encoding.tests.js b/test/encoding.tests.js
@@ -4,11 +4,27 @@ var atob = require('atob');
 
 describe('encoding', function() {
 
+  function b64_to_utf8 (str) {
+    return decodeURIComponent(escape(atob( str )));
+  }
+
   it('should properly encode the token', function () {
     var expected = 'José';
     var token = jwt.sign({ name: expected }, 'shhhhh');
-    var decoded_name = JSON.parse(atob(token.split('.')[1])).name;
+    var decoded_name = JSON.parse(b64_to_utf8(token.split('.')[1])).name;
     expect(decoded_name).to.equal(expected);
   });
 
+  it('should return the same result when decoding', function () {
+    var username = '測試';
+
+    var token = jwt.sign({
+      username: username
+    }, 'test');
+
+    var payload = jwt.verify(token, 'test');
+
+    expect(payload.username).to.equal(username);
+  });
+
 });
