## request_token.build_jwt()


A helper function to build a JWT assertion for Maskinporten token requests.


Usage

``` python
request_token.build_jwt(
    cfg,
    issuer_url,
)
```


## Parameters


`cfg: MaskinportenSecrets`  
The configuration object containing necessary credentials.

`issuer_url: str`  
Maskinporten's issuer identifier, used as the JWT audience, e.g. "https://test.maskinporten.no/".


## Returns


`str: str`  
The encoded JWT assertion.