JsonWebToken.TryGetHeaderValue<T>(String, T) Method

Definition

Tries to get the value corresponding to the provided key from the JWT header { key, 'value' }.

public bool TryGetHeaderValue<T> (string key, out T value);
member this.TryGetHeaderValue : string * 'T -> bool
Public Function TryGetHeaderValue(Of T) (key As String, ByRef value As T) As Boolean

Type Parameters

T

Parameters

key
String
value
T

Returns

true if successful, false otherwise.

Remarks

The expectation is that the 'value' corresponds to a type expected in a JWT token. The 5 basic types: number, string, true / false, nil, array (of basic types). This is not a general purpose translation layer for complex types.

Applies to