Logged User

Implement the logic to decode the token and find the corresponding user.

We implemented the following logic: the API returns the authentication token to the client if credentials are correct. We’ll now implement how to find the corresponding user of the authentication token given in the HTTP header. We’ll need to do so each time this client requests an entry point that requires permission.

We will use the HTTP header Authorization for this purpose. We can also use a GET parameter named apiKey but will be using an HTTP header to give context to the request without polluting the URL with additional parameters.

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