jose/docs/functions/util_decode_jwt.decodeJwt.md

Function: decodeJwt

▸ decodeJwt(jwt): 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().

example Usage

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

Parameters

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

Returns

JWTPayload