In short, JWTs are used as a secure way to authenticate users and share information. Typically, a private key, or secret, is used by the issuer to sign the JWT. The receiver of the JWT will verify the signature to ensure that the token hasn’t been altered after it was signed by the issuer.
Read moreHow do I access my JWT token?
To request an access token, send a POST request containing the JWT to the DocuSign authentication service . Must be urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer . The encoded value of the JWT that you created in the previous step. If successful, an access token will be returned in the response body.
Read moreHow extract JWT token from response?
Retrieve a JWT Access Token Using the Auth REST Call
Read moreCan JWT signature be decoded?
JWTs can be either signed, encrypted or both. If a token is signed, but not encrypted, everyone can read its contents , but when you don’t know the private key, you can’t change it. Otherwise, the receiver will notice that the signature won’t match anymore.
Read moreWhat does JSON Web Token verify return?
jwt.verify(token, secretOrPublicKey, [options, callback]) (Synchronous) If a callback is not supplied, function acts synchronously. Returns the payload decoded if the signature is valid and optional expiration, audience, or issuer are valid . If not, it will throw the error.
Read moreCan you decode JWT without secret?
Yes, the user can decrypt it and see the data , but if they modify it, when it gets back to the server it will not match and therefore be invalid.
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