To authenticate a user, a client application must send a JSON Web Token (JWT) in the authorization header of the HTTP request to your backend API . API Gateway validates the token on behalf of your API, so you don’t have to add any code in your API to process the authentication.
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To do that, change the endpoint to /user and then in the headers section, add a field as x-access-token and add the JWT token in the value and click on Send . You will get the list of users as JSON. So, this is how you can perform authentication with JWT in Flask.12 Oca 2022
Read moreWhat is JWT token in Python?
JSON Web Tokens, or JWTs for short, are all over the web. They can be used to track bits of information about a user in a very compact way and can be used in APIs for authorization purposes. … We are also going to see how you can sign and verify JWTs in Python using asymmetric algorithms.
Read moreWhat is Flask-JWT-extended?
Features. Flask-JWT-Extended not only adds support for using JSON Web Tokens (JWT) to Flask for protecting routes , but also many helpful (and optional) features built in to make working with JSON Web Tokens easier. These include: Adding custom claims to JSON Web Tokens. Automatic user loading ( current_user ).
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In this tutorial, you will:
Read moreHow do you use JWT tokens in Flask?
Start by cloning the project boilerplate and then create a new branch:
Read moreWhy do we need JWT?
Information Exchange: JWTs are a good way of securely transmitting information between parties because they can be signed , which means you can be sure that the senders are who they say they are. Additionally, the structure of a JWT allows you to verify that the content hasn’t been tampered with.
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