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private ClaimsPrincipal GetPrincipalFromToken(string token)
{
var tokenHandler = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();
try
{
var principal = tokenHandler.ValidateToken(token, _tokenValidationParameters, out var validatedToken);
if (!IsJwtWithValidSecurityAlgorithm(validatedToken))
{
return null;
}
return principal;
}
catch
{
return null;
}
}
private bool IsJwtWithValidSecurityAlgorithm(SecurityToken validatedToken)
{
return (validatedToken is JwtSecurityToken jwtSecurityToken) &&
jwtSecurityToken.Header.Alg.Equals(SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256,
StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
}
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