Token Format Checker

Analyze character set, length, and separators of unknown tokens in your browser to estimate candidate formats. Your input stays on your device.

Status

Runs in your browser. No input is sent to a server. Use this as a first-pass diagnostic step.

How to use

Paste a token string and click Check. Review likely formats, then move to the next verifier based on your target spec.

Notes (this tool)

  • This is heuristic detection. Confirm against both specification and implementation.
  • Different formats can look similar. Always prioritize issuer documentation.

About this page

What does this tool do?

Estimate candidate formats such as JWT/UUID/Hex/Base64URL and show length plus charset summary.

This is a first-pass classifier when you do not know what token you are looking at.

What this tool does

  • Detect JWT format
  • Detect UUID/Hex/Base64URL
  • Show length and character set

Notes

  • Detection is heuristic. Authenticity (signature verification) and semantic validity must be checked separately.
  • Even if a token looks like JWT, do not trust it without checking alg/signature/key ID (kid).
  • Base64URL check is charset-based; some contexts require additional padding/length validation.

Debugging workflow (recommended)

  • Paste tokens or authentication headers
  • Check claims, auth scheme, and expiration
  • Verify signature, scopes, and issuer with related tools

Referenced specs

  • RFC 7519 (JWT)
  • RFC 4648 (Base64 / Base64URL)
  • RFC 9562 (UUID)

FAQ

Why can auth fail even if a token looks like JWT?

Format checks do not verify signatures. Authentication still requires key, alg, iss/aud, and expiry validation.

Does UUID format imply a secure token?

No. UUID is an identifier format; authorization scope, revocation, and leak controls must be designed separately.

References

  1. RFC 7519
  2. RFC 4648
  3. RFC 9562

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