Tech Trek: A Software Engineer's Guide to Code and Beyond

1. Overview JSON Web Token or JWT ( jot ) for short is an open standard (RFC 7519) that defines a compact, URL-safe means of representing claims to be transferred between two parties.  The claims in a JWT are encoded as a JSON object that is used as the payload of a JSON Web Signature (JWS) structure or as the plaintext of a JSON Web Encryption (JWE) structure, enabling the claims to be digitally signed or integrity protected with a Message Authentication Code (MAC) and/or encrypted. 2. Structure The compacted representation of a signed JWT is a string that has three parts, each separated by a dots (.) : Eg:  eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9 . eyJzdWIiOiJBYmR1bCIsImlhdCI6MTIzNDU2Nzg5MCwiZXhwIjoxMjM0NTY3ODkwLCJuYmYiOjEyMzQ1Njc4OTAsImlzcyI6Imh0dHA6Ly93YWhlZWR0ZWNoYmxvZy5pbiIsInNjb3BlIjpbInJlYWQiLCJ3cml0ZSJdLCJhZG1pbiI6dHJ1ZX0 . Ats92uWxgSjQ8vFgQieK9tpBi66csIFHxkTke70FGlI Each section is Base64Encoded and the first section is called header, the second section ...

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