How to decode JWT Token?

c# .net jwt

Cooxkie · Jul 13, 2016 · Viewed 129.1k times · Source

I don't understand how this library works. Could you help me please ?

Here is my simple code :

public void TestJwtSecurityTokenHandler()
    {
        var stream =
            "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJJU1MiLCJzY29wZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vbGFyaW0uZG5zY2UuZG91YW5lL2NpZWxzZXJ2aWNlL3dzIiwiYXVkIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9kb3VhbmUuZmluYW5jZXMuZ291di5mci9vYXV0aDIvdjEiLCJpYXQiOiJcL0RhdGUoMTQ2ODM2MjU5Mzc4NClcLyJ9";
        var handler = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();

        var jsonToken = handler.ReadToken(stream);
    }

This is the error :

The string needs to be in compact JSON format, which is of the form: Base64UrlEncodedHeader.Base64UrlEndcodedPayload.OPTIONAL,Base64UrlEncodedSignature'.

If you copy the stream in jwt.io website, it works fine :)

Answer

I found the solution, I just forgot to Cast the result:

var stream ="[encoded jwt]";  
var handler = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();
var jsonToken = handler.ReadToken(stream);
var tokenS = handler.ReadToken(stream) as JwtSecurityToken;

I can get Claims using:

var jti = tokenS.Claims.First(claim => claim.Type == "jti").Value;

How to decode JWT Token?

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