kenyipp/Rust - Decode JWT Header

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Decoding the json web token header using the base64 and serde_json modules

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Rust - Decode JWT Header

	#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
	struct Header {
	pub alg: String,
	}

	let header = base64
	::decode_engine(
	"JWT Header",
	&FastPortable::from(&alphabet::STANDARD, fast_portable::NO_PAD)
	)
	.unwrap();

	let decoded_json: Header = serde_json::from_slice(&header).unwrap();

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