# How to verify WorkOS access tokens in your own API

DevFeed: [How to verify WorkOS access tokens in your own API](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-verify-workos-access-tokens-in-your-own-api-16070.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://workos.com/blog/verify-workos-access-tokens-in-your-own-api>)

Author: WorkOS

Published: 2026-08-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [WorkOS Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/workos-blog.md>)

Topics: [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/servers.md>), [client](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/client.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [jwks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jwks.md>), [node](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to verify WorkOS access tokens in a Node API, using an Android client as the example. It covers bearer-token handling, JWKS-based signature verification, claim extraction, caller identity, and distinct responses for invalid tokens, temporary verification failures, and expired tokens.

## Source excerpt

Using an Android client and a Node API, including the JWKS failure mode that quietly returns the wrong status code