Managing Login and Understanding JWTs
Explore how to implement user login functionality and JWT-based authentication in Go APIs integrated with MongoDB. Learn to verify user credentials, generate and update tokens, and secure endpoints through practical coding examples.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
JSON Web Tokens (JWTs)
JSON stands for JSON Web Token, which is an open standard for exchanging security information between a client and a server. A cryptographic algorithm signs these tokens to ensure that the information cannot be changed after the token is issued.
In this lesson, we’ll go over how to create a login endpoint and how tokens are generated when a user successfully logs in. These tokens contain user-relevant ...