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().

This function is exported (as a named export) from the main 'jose' module entry point as well as from its subpath export 'jose/jwt/decode'.

Type Parameters

Parameters

Returns

PayloadType & JWTPayload

Example

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