jwt_token: JSON cannot be changed and so often used for authentication servers.

jwt_token: JSON cannot be changed and so often used for authentication servers.

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JSON Web Token is a URL Safe token containing JSON that can be signed.
Signing means that you can check if the JSON has been tampered with using the key you used when signing.
URL Safe is literally not including characters that cannot be included in the URL.

• JSON cannot be changed and so often used for authentication servers.
  • The client passes authentication information "commonly user_id, password" to the authentication server and requests a token.
  • The authentication server verifies that the authentication information is correct, and issues a JWT signed with the private key.

takagotch

import base64

def decode_base64_jwt_token(base64_token):
    return decode_jwt_token_data(decode_base64_bytes_to_string(decode_base64(base64_token)))

def decode_jwt_token_data(jwt_token):
    splitted_string = jwt_token.split(".")
    decoded_data_base64 = decode_base64(splitted_string[1])
    return decode_base64_bytes_to_string(decoded_data_base64)

def decode_base64_bytes_to_string(decoded_data_base64):
    decoded_data = ''
    try:
        decoded_data = decoded_data_base64.decode("utf-8")
    except Exception as e:
        print('[*] An error occured while trying to deocde the JWT token:')
        print(str(e))
        print("[*] Decoding the token with latin-1 instead of UTF-8...")
        decoded_data = decoded_data_base64.decode("latin-1")
    return decoded_data


def decode_base64(data):
    """Decode base64, padding being optional.
    :param data: Base64 data as an ASCII byte string
    :returns: The decoded byte string.
    """
    missing_padding = len(data) % 4
    if missing_padding != 0:
        data += '='* (4 - missing_padding)
    return base64.b64decode(data)