JWT Presentation
Explore how JSON Web Tokens (JWT) work as a standard for secure user authentication in Rails APIs. Understand the three components of JWTs—the header, payload, and signature—and how they safely exchange encrypted information to verify users.
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When it comes to authentication tokens, the JSON Web Token (JWT) is the standard. JWT is an open standard that allows the secure exchange of tokens between several parties.
Components of a JWT token
Overall, a JWT token is composed of three ...