JSON Web Token (JWTs) provides a self contained way to transmit information (claims) between systems as a JSON object. JWT token is relatively light-weight, a JWT can be sent through URL, through POST parameter or inside HTTP header. JWTs can use a public/private key pair in form of an X.509 certificate for signing. JWTs are used for authentication (ID token) and authorization (Access token). This page allows to decode JSON Web Token (JWT) to see contents in plain text