JWT-Cognito-Validate.py

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import json
import time
import urllib.request
from jose import jwk, jwt
from jose.utils import base64url_decode

region = 'us-east-1'
userpool_id = 'us-east-1_1z9UKSFCG'
app_client_id = '1s0f1a8c3n9ff5b6dp6suqlin8'
keys_url = 'https://cognito-idp.{}.amazonaws.com/{}/.well-known/jwks.json'.format(region, userpool_id)
# instead of re-downloading the public keys every time
# we download them only on cold start
# https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/container-reuse-in-lambda/
with urllib.request.urlopen(keys_url) as f:
  response = f.read()
keys = json.loads(response.decode('utf-8'))['keys']

def lambda_handler(event, context):
    token = event['token']
    # get the kid from the headers prior to verification
    headers = jwt.get_unverified_headers(token)
    kid = headers['kid']
    # search for the kid in the downloaded public keys
    key_index = -1
    for i in range(len(keys)):
        if kid == keys[i]['kid']:
            key_index = i
            break
    if key_index == -1:
        print('Public key not found in jwks.json')
        return False
    # construct the public key
    public_key = jwk.construct(keys[key_index])
    # get the last two sections of the token,
    # message and signature (encoded in base64)
    message, encoded_signature = str(token).rsplit('.', 1)
    # decode the signature
    decoded_signature = base64url_decode(encoded_signature.encode('utf-8'))
    # verify the signature
    if not public_key.verify(message.encode("utf8"), decoded_signature):
        print('Signature verification failed')
        return False
    print('Signature successfully verified')
    # since we passed the verification, we can now safely
    # use the unverified claims
    claims = jwt.get_unverified_claims(token)
    # additionally we can verify the token expiration
    if time.time() > claims['exp']:
        print('Token is expired')
        return False
    # and the Audience  (use claims['client_id'] if verifying an access token)
    if claims['aud'] != app_client_id:
        print('Token was not issued for this audience')
        return False
    # now we can use the claims
    print(claims)
    return claims
        
# the following is useful to make this script executable in both
# AWS Lambda and any other local environments
if __name__ == '__main__':
    # for testing locally you can enter the JWT ID Token here
    event = {'token': ''}
    lambda_handler(event, None)