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Function: decodeJwt

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decodeJwt<PayloadType>(jwt): PayloadType & JWTPayload

Decodes a signed JSON Web Token payload. This does not validate the JWT Claims Set types or values. This does not validate the JWS Signature. For a proper Signed JWT Claims Set validation and JWS signature verification use jose.jwtVerify(). For an encrypted JWT Claims Set validation and JWE decryption use jose.jwtDecrypt().

Type parameters

Name Type
PayloadType JWTPayload

Parameters

Name Type Description
jwt string JWT token in compact JWS serialization.

Returns

PayloadType & JWTPayload

Example

const claims = jose.decodeJwt(token)
console.log(claims)