How to decode the JWT encoded token payload on client-side in 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.