# Interface: GeneralJWS

[types](../modules/types.md).GeneralJWS

General JWS definition. Payload is an optional return property, it
is not returned when JWS Unencoded Payload Option
[RFC7797](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7797) is used.

## Table of contents

### Properties

- [payload](types.generaljws.md#payload)
- [signatures](types.generaljws.md#signatures)

## Properties

### payload

• `Optional` **payload**: *string*

Defined in: [types.d.ts:176](https://github.com/panva/jose/blob/v3.11.2/src/types.d.ts#L176)

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### signatures

• **signatures**: *Omit*<[*FlattenedJWSInput*](types.flattenedjwsinput.md), *payload*\>[]

Defined in: [types.d.ts:177](https://github.com/panva/jose/blob/v3.11.2/src/types.d.ts#L177)