/// <summary>
/// Given a JWT, decode it and return the payload as an object (by deserializing it with <see cref="System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer"/>).
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The <see cref="Type"/> to return</typeparam>
/// <param name="token">The JWT.</param>
/// <param name="key">The key that was used to sign the JWT.</param>
/// <param name="verify">Whether to verify the signature (default is true).</param>
/// <returns>An object representing the payload.</returns>
/// <exception cref="SignatureVerificationException">Thrown if the verify parameter was true and the signature was NOT valid or if the JWT was signed with an unsupported algorithm.</exception>
public static T DecodeToObject <T>(string token, string key, bool verify = true)
{
var payloadJson = JsonWebToken.Decode(token, key, verify);
var payloadData = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <T>(payloadJson);
return(payloadData);
}
/// <summary>
/// Given a JWT, decode it and return the payload as an object (by deserializing it with <see cref="System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer"/>).
/// </summary>
/// <param name="token">The JWT.</param>
/// <param name="key">The key that was used to sign the JWT.</param>
/// <param name="verify">Whether to verify the signature (default is true).</param>
/// <returns>An object representing the payload.</returns>
/// <exception cref="SignatureVerificationException">Thrown if the verify parameter was true and the signature was NOT valid or if the JWT was signed with an unsupported algorithm.</exception>
public static object DecodeToObject(string token, string key, bool verify = true)
{
var payloadJson = JsonWebToken.Decode(token, key, verify);
var payloadData = jsonSerializer.Deserialize <Dictionary <string, object> >(payloadJson);
return(payloadData);
}