PyJWT RS256 Okta Access Token Local Validation Example

pyjwt_okta_access_token_local_validate.py

"""How to validate Okta Access Tokens Locally with Python"""
import jwt
from jwt.algorithms import RSAAlgorithm

# Key pulled from https://{example}.oktapreview.com/oauth2/{client-id}/v1/keys
key_json = '{"kty":"RSA","alg":"RS256","kid":"your-kid-value-here","use":"sig","e":"AQAB","n":"your-long-key-here"}'

aud = "your-audience-value-here"
token_to_validate = "your-access-token-value-here"

public_key = RSAAlgorithm.from_jwk(key_json)

decoded = jwt.decode(token_to_validate, public_key, audience=aud, algorithms='RS256')