JWT: JSON Web Tokens

Learn how the data signatures are used while accessing a web application.

Updating information in our web application

The collection of the algorithm’s name, the JSON object, and the signature together make up the JWT. It’s sent as a cookie to the user, who will now resubmit it with every subsequent request. So, suppose the user now wants to update their information in a web application. They now submit the regular API request for that update together with the JWT authentication token in a cookie.

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