You may want to add extra claims to the JWT header.

Author: rohe

tests/test_06_jws.py

@@ -783,3 +783,14 @@ def test_extra_headers_2():
     sjwt = _jws.sign_compact(keys)
     _jwt = factory(sjwt)
     assert set(_jwt.jwt.headers.keys()) == {'alg', 'foo'}
+
+
+def test_extra_headers_3():
+    pkey = import_private_rsa_key_from_file(full_path("./size2048.key"))
+    payload = "Please take a moment to register today"
+    keys = [RSAKey(priv_key=pkey)]
+    _jws = JWS(payload, alg='RS256')
+    _jws.set_header_claim('foo', 'bar')
+    sjwt = _jws.sign_compact(keys, abc=123)
+    _jwt = factory(sjwt)
+    assert set(_jwt.jwt.headers.keys()) == {'alg', 'foo', 'abc'}