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Course Overview: JSON Web Token (JWT) Authentication with Node.js
1m 55s
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Setup a Web Server in Node.js using Express
2m 22s
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Set the Server Port in Express Using Environment Variables
52s
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Add a POST Route To Express And Parse the Body
1m 52s
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Provide Users With A JSON Web Token
4m 34s
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Allow CORS in Node.js and Express
55s
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Authenticate Users With JWT for Access to Protected Resources
2m 59s
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Connect a Front-End to a Secure API using JWTs
7m 16s
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Authenticate Users in a Single Page Application with Auth0
9m 39s

Provide Users With A JSON Web Token

Express^4.0.0
Node.js

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In this lesson, we will build a token issuer that will return a JSON Web Token. This simple server will have a single endpoint for login that queries a list of users and returns a web token for the matching user.

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JSON Web Token (JWT) Authentication with Node.js and Auth0

jpbamberg1993

~ 6 years ago

Why are you validating the passwords match? Why does that matter?

jpbamberg1993

~ 6 years ago

Joel Lordinstructor

~ 6 years ago

I here, we validate that the user provided password matches the user password on the server database. This way, we are authenticating the user. Without a valid password, we are not serving a JWT so he can't login.

Brendan Whiting

~ 6 years ago

What does sub mean where we sign the jwt?

Joel Lordinstructor

~ 6 years ago

sub stands for subject. Basically, it tells the JWT consumer "who/what this token is about". In most cases, it represents the user id.