How to decode the JWT encoded token payload on client-side in angular?
AngularJwtDecodeAccess TokenAngular Problem Overview
I am getting one JWT encoded access token from my API in response. But I am not able to decode it and get it in JSON format. I tried using the angular2-jwt library for it, but it did not worked. I am writing my code below:
setXAuthorizationToken(client){
let requestHeader = new Headers();
requestHeader.append('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
this.http.post(client.clientURL + "oauth/token", 'grant_type=password&client_id=toto&client_secret=sec&' + 'username=' + client.username
+ '&password=' + client.password, {
headers: requestHeader
}).map(res=>res.json())
.subscribe((token) =>{
if(!token.access_token){
return;
}
else{
var decompressToken = LZString.decompressFromEncodedURIComponent(token.access_token);
console.log(decompressToken);
}
});
}
Can anybody please help me solve this issue?
Angular Solutions
Solution 1 - Angular
I use Auth0's jwt-decode package for decoding JWT token in Angular; this package works for me fine.
After installing the package through this command:
npm install jwt-decode
Import this package into your TypeScript class using this syntax:
import * as jwt_decode from "jwt-decode";
Or for newer versions (3 and above):
import jwt_decode from 'jwt-decode';
Then use this library method for decoding your access token like this:
getDecodedAccessToken(token: string): any {
try {
return jwt_decode(token);
} catch(Error) {
return null;
}
}
The token
parameter defines your access token which comes from your API.
The jwt_decode
method returns the decoded token info as an object; you can access any info from your token.
Example
const tokenInfo = this.getDecodedAccessToken(token); // decode token
const expireDate = tokenInfo.exp; // get token expiration dateTime
console.log(tokenInfo); // show decoded token object in console
> jwt-decode is a small browser library that helps to decode JWTs token which is Base64Url encoded. > > IMPORTANT: This library doesn't validate the token, any well formed JWT can be decoded. You should validate the token in your > server-side logic by using something like express-jwt, koa-jwt, Owin > Bearer JWT, etc.
Solution 2 - Angular
Try and use the JavaScript build in function atob()
. Kind of like this:
atob(token.split('.')[1])
Notes:
> - The token is actually a string. > > - If you want to know why i split the token you should check this website jwt.io.
Solution 3 - Angular
Step - 1 : Install using npm
npm install @auth0/angular-jwt
Step - 2 : Import the package
import { JwtHelperService } from '@auth0/angular-jwt';
Step - 3 : Create an instance and use
const helper = new JwtHelperService();
const decodedToken = helper.decodeToken(myRawToken);
// Other functions
const expirationDate = helper.getTokenExpirationDate(myRawToken);
const isExpired = helper.isTokenExpired(myRawToken);
Solution 4 - Angular
atob
function does not parse cyrillic or hebrew correctly so I must use JwtHelperService().decodeToken(token)
instead.
Solution 5 - Angular
I have defined my JWTService as below! Hope it helps. It is in TypeScript but can be used in vanilla javascript by just copying the code.
import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
@Injectable()
export class JWTService {
private chars: string = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=';
private atob(input) {
var str = String(input).replace(/=+$/, '');
if (str.length % 4 == 1) {
throw new Error("'atob' failed: The string to be decoded is not correctly encoded.");
}
for (
// initialize result and counters
var bc = 0, bs, buffer, idx = 0, output = '';
// get next character
buffer = str.charAt(idx++);
// character found in table? initialize bit storage and add its ascii value;
~buffer && (bs = bc % 4 ? bs * 64 + buffer : buffer,
// and if not first of each 4 characters,
// convert the first 8 bits to one ascii character
bc++ % 4) ? output += String.fromCharCode(255 & bs >> (-2 * bc & 6)) : 0
) {
// try to find character in table (0-63, not found => -1)
buffer = this.chars.indexOf(buffer);
}
return output;
};
parseJwt(token) {
var base64Url = token.split('.')[1];
var base64 = base64Url.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/');
var jsonPayload = decodeURIComponent(this.atob(base64).split('').map(function (c) {
return '%' + ('00' + c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-2);
}).join(''));
return JSON.parse(jsonPayload);
};
}
Solution 6 - Angular
Store your token on login like this:
localStorage.setItem("token")
Then declare a variable like this
> decodeToken:any
and decode token by using the following code:
this.decodedToken = this.jwtHelper.decodeToken(localStorage.setItem("token"));