Elements of a JSON Web Token Message

A JWT message is constructed using HTTP headers and an HTTP message body.

HTTP Message Elements: Your HTTP message header must include these headers:; HTTP Message Headers

HTTP Header
Description

content-type
Also known as the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) type, this identifies the media or file type of the resource. (application/json)

host
The transaction endpoint. (api.cybersource.com)

authorization
JWS bearer token.
HTTP Message Body: Your API request.

HTTP Message Headers
HTTP Header	Description
content-type	Also known as the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) type, this identifies the media or file type of the resource. (application/json)
host	The transaction endpoint. (`api.cybersource.com`)
authorization	JWS bearer token.

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