jwt.decode returns Attribute error ('str' object has no attribute 'decode') for version 2.6.0

[Diwura]

Summary.

Expected Result

the .decode method should return a value after using jwt.encode to encode the payload. What you expected.

Actual Result

Attribute error: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode' What happened instead. Attribute error: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'

Reproduction Steps

work around involved using a lower version specifically 1.7.1

import jwt

System Information

$ python -m jwt.help

<paste here>

This command is only available on PyJWT v1.6.3 and greater. Otherwise, please provide some basic information about your system.

[Viicos]

You are probably not doing things the intended way. Please provide at least a MRE

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[mSharifHub]

If you using a django app with a newer version of pyJWT it does not need the utf-8 to decode in newer version.

from:

def jwt_encode(payload, context=None): return jwt.encode( payload, jwt_settings.JWT_SECRET_KEY, jwt_settings.JWT_ALGORITHM, ).decode('utf-8')

to

def jwt_encode(payload, context=None): return jwt.encode( payload, jwt_settings.JWT_SECRET_KEY, jwt_settings.JWT_ALGORITHM, )

file should be in .venv you create for project. example

cd /path/to/your/project/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/graphql_jwt