.travis.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 language: node_js
+before_install: npm i -g npm@1.4.28
 node_js:
   - 0.8
   - 0.10

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jsonwebtoken",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
   "description": "JSON Web Token implementation (symmetric and asymmetric)",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "jws": "~0.2.6"
+    "jws": "~1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "chai": "*",
-    "mocha": "*"
+    "atob": "~1.1.2",
+    "chai": "~1.10.0",
+    "mocha": "~2.1.0"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "npm": "~1.4.28"
   }
 }

test/encoding.tests.js

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+var jwt = require('../index');
+var expect = require('chai').expect;
+var atob = require('atob');
+
+describe('encoding', function() {
+
+  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;
+    expect(decoded_name).to.equal(expected);
+  });
+
+});