alfresco-ng2-components/docs/core/jwt-helper.service.md

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Title: JWT helper service
Added: v3.0.0
Status: Active
Last reviewed: 2019-01-09
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# [JWT helper service](../../lib/core/services/jwt-helper.service.ts "Defined in jwt-helper.service.ts")
Decodes a JSON Web Token (JWT) to a JavaScript object.
## Class members
### Methods
- **decodeToken**(token: `any`): `Object`<br/>
Decodes a JSON web token into a JS object.
- _token:_ `any` - Token in encoded form
- **Returns** `Object` - Decoded token data object
## Details
JWT is a standard for sending data securely that ADF uses during the
OAuth2 authentication procedure. See the [JWT website](https://jwt.io/)
for full details of the standard and its uses.
## See also
- [Identity user service](identity-user.service.md)