Rails 6 API Tutorial - Authentication with JWT Intro p.18
In this video series we will build a Rails API from scratch. Backend APIs are useful for serving data to frontend applications, mobile apps or other backend services.
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This video covers:
0:00 - The purpose of adding authentication
0:28 - How authentication works with a JSON Web Token (JWT)
1:08 - What is a JWT?
2:14 - Storing a user identifier in the JWT payload
2:57 - Auth flow using JWTs
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