Using JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) for User Authorization
Learn how to generate access tokens with JWT.
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Currently, our application confirms successful authentication by returning a simple message. But how do we maintain a secure authentication state for the user across various interactions with our application?
JSON Web Tokens (JWT) offer a solution, providing a secure way to authenticate users in our virtual library.
Why JWT?
JSON Web Token offers us a robust method to improve our application authentication mechanism. It enables stateless authentication, where each client’s request includes a token that our server will validate. In our signIn method, we aim to generate and return a JWT to the user upon successful ...