DecodeError: It is required that you pass in a value for the "algorithms" argument when calling decode().

[henrywill4]

I'm receiving this error when running the notebook.
DecodeError: It is required that you pass in a value for the "algorithms" argument when calling decode().

This is in the cell after the heading

1.1 Set up access to the training data

on this line:
52 workspace = skills_util.retrieve_workspace(workspace_id=workspace_id,
---> 53 conversation=conversation)

It appears to be some type of authentication issue.
Any ideas what this might be?

[haodeqi]

HI Henry, can you post the full logs. I cannot reproduce the error. Also what version is your ibm-watson and ibm-cos-sdk?

[henrywill4]

Sure @haodeqi - I can provide logs if you tell me how to get the logs and find the versions of those two items (Sorry, I'm a newbie in that respect).

I found this interesting post about why algorithm is now required when calling jwt.decode
https://auth0.com/blog/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries/

This documentation also mentions it
https://pyjwt.readthedocs.io/_/downloads/en/stable/pdf/

Here's the error i am receiving and it appears that site-packages\ibm_cloud_sdk_core\jwt_token_manager.py is not passing the algorithm as is now required.

`

DecodeError Traceback (most recent call last)
in
52
53 workspace = skills_util.retrieve_workspace(workspace_id=workspace_id,
---> 54 conversation=conversation)

~\assistant-dialog-skill-analysis\assistant_dialog_skill_analysis\utils\skills_util.py in retrieve_workspace(workspace_id, conversation, export_flag)
181 :return: workspace_dictionary
182 """
--> 183 ws_json = conversation.get_workspace(workspace_id, export=export_flag)
184 return ws_json.get_result()
185

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\ibm_watson\assistant_v1.py in get_workspace(self, workspace_id, export, include_audit, sort, **kwargs)
454 url=url,
455 headers=headers,
--> 456 params=params)
457
458 response = self.send(request)

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\ibm_cloud_sdk_core\base_service.py in prepare_request(self, method, url, headers, params, data, files, **kwargs)
295 request['data'] = data
296
--> 297 self.authenticator.authenticate(request)
298
299 # Next, we need to process the 'files' argument to try to fill in

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\ibm_cloud_sdk_core\authenticators\iam_authenticator.py in authenticate(self, req)
104 """
105 headers = req.get('headers')
--> 106 bearer_token = self.token_manager.get_token()
107 headers['Authorization'] = 'Bearer {0}'.format(bearer_token)
108

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\ibm_cloud_sdk_core\jwt_token_manager.py in get_token(self)
77 """
78 if self._is_token_expired():
---> 79 self.paced_request_token()
80
81 if self._token_needs_refresh():

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\ibm_cloud_sdk_core\jwt_token_manager.py in paced_request_token(self)
122 if not request_active:
123 token_response = self.request_token()
--> 124 self._save_token_info(token_response)
125 self.request_time = 0
126 return

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\ibm_cloud_sdk_core\jwt_token_manager.py in _save_token_info(self, token_response)
189
190 # The time of expiration is found by decoding the JWT access token
--> 191 decoded_response = jwt.decode(access_token, verify=False)
192 # exp is the time of expire and iat is the time of token retrieval
193 exp = decoded_response.get('exp')

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\jwt\api_jwt.py in decode(self, jwt, key, algorithms, options, **kwargs)
111 **kwargs,
112 ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
--> 113 decoded = self.decode_complete(jwt, key, algorithms, options, **kwargs)
114 return decoded["payload"]
115

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\jwt\api_jwt.py in decode_complete(self, jwt, key, algorithms, options, **kwargs)
78 if options["verify_signature"] and not algorithms:
79 raise DecodeError(
---> 80 'It is required that you pass in a value for the "algorithms" argument when calling decode().'
81 )
82

DecodeError: It is required that you pass in a value for the "algorithms" argument when calling decode().
`

[henrywill4]

@haodeqi

pip list
Package Version

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[henrywill4]

Haode I put the package version in the issue report. How can I get the logs? I don't know how

On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 11:10 AM Haode Qi ***@***.***> wrote: HI Henry, can you post the full logs. I cannot reproduce the error. Also what version is your ibm-watson package? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#37 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQL525O62D7GJSB7GFO2Z7LSYXMHZANCNFSM4VZESINA> .

-- Best Regards, Henry Will IV, PMP Proven PMP and Tech Innovator www.linkedin.com/in/henrywill4

[haodeqi]

@henrywill4 , I think this is a known issue of PyJWT. You should try downgrade the package by pip install PyJWT==1.7.1 and let me know if that resolve your issue.

[henrywill4]

@haodeqi - Thanks so much. This worked! I thought this was the issue. I saw a similar suggestion elsewhere for the same issue. They also recommended to downgrade. We can close this now. I do wonder when you believe this will be updated to accommodate the new version of PyJWT though.