JSON Web Token (JWT) Authorization for Python's Requests

JSON Web Tokens are "a compact URL-safe means of representing claims to be transferred between two parties." The "claims" are assertions about what's going on, and they're cryptographically signed, either with a shared secret between client and server or using public key cryptography.

One place they're being ...

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Matlab xUnit DocTest transfers ownership

At a previous job, I worked a lot with Matlab. This was in 2010, before Matlab had any testing tools included, and the best testing tool was Steve Eddins' Matlab xUnit package.

I loved (and love) the Python doctest module: it's both a clever hack and a very useful ...

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