decoding_jwt/ts/index.ts

A sample decoding JWT module

let jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
export function decodeToken(headers: any, secret: any) {
  if (headers && headers.authorization&&secret) {
    var authorization = headers.authorization,
      decoded;
    try {
      decoded = jwt.verify(authorization, secret);
      return decoded._doc;
    } catch (e) {
      return e;
    }
  } else {
    return "please provide secret and headers"
  }
}