How is a JWT token generated? We set the signing algorithm to be HMAC SHA256 (JWT supports multiple algorithms), then we create a buffer from this JSON-encoded object, and we encode it using base64 . The partial result is eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9 .
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JWT contains three parts: Header, Payload, and Signature which are separated by a dot. The JWT Header consists of 2 parts: The token type (typ): JWT. Algorithm used to sign the token (alg)
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