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+# CMakeLists files in this project can
+# refer to the root source directory of the project as ${HELLO_SOURCE_DIR} and
+# to the root binary directory of the project as ${HELLO_BINARY_DIR}.
+
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.11)
+project (cpp-jwt)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+
+SET( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS  "-std=c++14" )
+
+include_directories (include)
+
+find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+include_directories(${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
+list(APPEND LIB_LIST ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
+
+# Recurse into the "Hello" and "Demo" subdirectories. This does not actually
+# cause another cmake executable to run. The same process will walk through
+# the project's entire directory structure.
+add_subdirectory (tests)
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
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+
+add_library(libgtest IMPORTED STATIC GLOBAL)
+add_executable (test_jwt_encode test_jwt_encode.cc)
+target_link_libraries(test_jwt_encode ssl crypto gtest)
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