Private/parse-jwt.ps1

function Convert-JWTtoken {

    [cmdletbinding()]
    param([Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$token)

    #Validate as per https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519
    #Access and ID tokens are fine, Refresh tokens will not work
    if (!$token.Contains(".") -or !$token.StartsWith("eyJ")) { Write-Error "Invalid token" -ErrorAction Stop }

    #Header
    $tokenheader = $token.Split(".")[0].Replace('-', '+').Replace('_', '/')
    #Fix padding as needed, keep adding "=" until string length modulus 4 reaches 0
    while ($tokenheader.Length % 4) { Write-Verbose "Invalid length for a Base-64 char array or string, adding ="; $tokenheader += "=" }
    Write-Verbose "Base64 encoded (padded) header:"
    Write-Verbose $tokenheader
    #Convert from Base64 encoded string to PSObject all at once
    Write-Verbose "Decoded header:"
    [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString([system.convert]::FromBase64String($tokenheader)) | ConvertFrom-Json | fl | Out-Null

    #Payload
    $tokenPayload = $token.Split(".")[1].Replace('-', '+').Replace('_', '/')
    #Fix padding as needed, keep adding "=" until string length modulus 4 reaches 0
    while ($tokenPayload.Length % 4) { Write-Verbose "Invalid length for a Base-64 char array or string, adding ="; $tokenPayload += "=" }
    Write-Verbose "Base64 encoded (padded) payoad:"
    Write-Verbose $tokenPayload
    #Convert to Byte array
    $tokenByteArray = [System.Convert]::FromBase64String($tokenPayload)
    #Convert to string array
    $tokenArray = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString($tokenByteArray)
    Write-Verbose "Decoded array in JSON format:"
    Write-Verbose $tokenArray
    #Convert from JSON to PSObject
    $tokobj = $tokenArray | ConvertFrom-Json
    Write-Verbose "Decoded Payload:"

    return $tokobj
}