JSON Web Token

The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser

Episode | Podcast

Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 23:36:25 GMT

<p><strong>JSON Web Token</strong>&nbsp;(<strong>JWT</strong>, sometimes pronounced&nbsp;JOT) an internet standard for creating&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON">JSON</a>-based&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_token">access tokens</a>&nbsp;that assert some number of claims. The tokens are signed either using a private secret or a public/private key.</p> <p>In this video I want to discuss the difference between JWT and Session Based Auth, will show examples with Node JS and Postgres. Finally I’ll discuss the pros and cons of JWT.</p>