Build restful API authentication using JSON web tokens (JWT)

Harshal Chandile
Sep 6, 2018 · 1 min read

The workflow

We will Have unprotected and protected routes.

A user will authenticate by passing in a name and a password and get back a token.

The user will store this token on their client-side and send it for every request.

We will validate this token, and if all is good, pass back information in JSON format.

To see the code checkout: https://github.com/harshalchandile/build-rest-api-with-token-authentication

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