Could not deserialize key data on decoding JWT python

Question

I am using pyjwt library for decoding the JWT token. I got this error when I am decoding. The code was given in the documantation.

import jwt

encoded_jwt=\'         


        

Answer 1

If you get this error double check your public key is exactly right, new lines are important.

key = '''-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----

-----END PUBLIC KEY-----'''