Decode Firebase Authentication JWT Token

firebase.ts

export type firebasePublicKeys = {
  [key: string]: string | undefined;
};

type JwtHeader = {
  alg?: string | undefined;
  kid?: string | undefined;
  typ?: string | undefined;
};

const isObject = (thing: any): boolean => {
  return Object.prototype.toString.call(thing) === '[object Object]';
};

const safeJsonParse = (thing: any): object | undefined => {
  if (isObject(thing)) return thing;
  try {
    return JSON.parse(thing);
  } catch (e) {
    return undefined;
  }
};

const getKidFromToken = (token: string): string | undefined => {
  const jwtParts = token.split('.');
  if (jwtParts.length !== 3) {
    throw new Error('invalid jwt token');
  }
  const jwtHeader = jwtParts[0];
  const decodedHeader = safeJsonParse(Buffer.from(jwtHeader, 'base64').toString('binary')) as JwtHeader | undefined;
  return decodedHeader?.kid;
};

export const getPublickKey = (token: string, publicKeys: firebasePublicKeys): string => {
  const kid = getKidFromToken(token);
  if (!kid) {
    throw new Error('jwt malformed');
  }
  return publicKeys[kid] || '';
};

index.ts

import { getPublickKey, firebasePublicKeys } from './firebase';
import { getClaimFromToken } from './jwt_token';
import axios from 'axios';

const token = 'YOUR_TOKEN';
const audience = 'YOUR_AUDIENCE';

const url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/[email protected]';

axios.get<firebasePublicKeys>(url).then(res => {
  const firebasePublicKeys = res.data;
  const publicKey = getPublickKey(token, firebasePublicKeys);
  const claim = getClaim(token, publicKey, audience);
  console.log(claim);
});

jwt_token.ts

import { verify, JsonWebTokenError } from 'jsonwebtoken';

type JwtClaim = {
  iss?: string | undefined;
  aud?: string | undefined;
  sub?: string | undefined;
  iat?: number | undefined;
  exp?: number | undefined;
};

export const getClaim = (token: string, publicKey: string, audience: string): JwtClaim | undefined => {
  let claim;
  verify(token, publicKey, { audience }, (err, decoded: JwtClaim | undefined) => {
    if (err) throw new JsonWebTokenError(err.message);
    claim = decoded;
  });

  return claim;
};