Different Types of Tokens
Learn to distinguish between Phoenix.Token and JSON Web Tokens for authentication in real-time Phoenix applications. Understand their security features, cross-language use cases, expiration settings, and when to choose JWT over Phoenix.Token for enhanced application security.
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Tokens
Phoenix.Token provides a great way to integrate authentication into an Elixir application, but it is an Elixir-specific solution. Sometimes we need a cross-language solution to tokens. For example, we may need a solution where the message contents can be used from JavaScript to view the contents and expiration independent of the several. On the other hand, we could need to generate a token in a microservice that operates Ruby, or any different language, to allow access to our real-time ...