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Update README to reflect addition of async sign #128

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Expand Up @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ $ npm install jsonwebtoken

# Usage

### jwt.sign(payload, secretOrPrivateKey, options)
### jwt.sign(payload, secretOrPrivateKey, options, [callback])

(Asynchronous) If a callback is supplied, callback is called with the JsonWebToken string

(Synchronous) Returns the JsonWebToken as string

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// sign with RSA SHA256
var cert = fs.readFileSync('private.key'); // get private key
var token = jwt.sign({ foo: 'bar' }, cert, { algorithm: 'RS256'});

// sign asynchronously
jwt.sign({ foo: 'bar' }, cert, { algorithm: 'RS256' }, function(token) {
console.log(token);
});
```

### jwt.verify(token, secretOrPublicKey, [options, callback])
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