What is a Bearer Token in API?

The most common way of accessing OAuth 2.0 APIs is using a “Bearer Token”. This is a single string which acts as the authentication of the API request, sent in an HTTP “Authorization” header . The string is meaningless to clients using it, and may be of varying lengths.17 Ağu 2016

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Why Bearer Token is used?

The Bearer Token is created for you by the Authentication server . When a user authenticates your application (client) the authentication server then goes and generates for you a Token. Bearer Tokens are the predominant type of access token used with OAuth 2.0.14 Eyl 2014

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What is JSON web token used for?

JWT, or JSON Web Token, is an open standard used to share security information between two parties — a client and a server . Each JWT contains encoded JSON objects, including a set of claims. JWTs are signed using a cryptographic algorithm to ensure that the claims cannot be altered after the token is issued.

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