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Securing a JavaScript REST API with JSON Web Tokens
Make your JavaScript REST API robust and secure. This course will teach you how to protect RESTful API endpoints using JSON Web Tokens
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1 hour 26 minutes 
english
Online - Self Paced
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About Securing a JavaScript REST API with JSON Web Tokens
For server side JavaScript applications, securing protected routes and working with authorization is often a challenging task. In this course, Securing a JavaScript REST API with JSON Web Tokens, you’ll learn to use the mechanism of JWT also read as JOT to transfer claims between two parties. First, you’ll explore how to protect the server side REST API endpoints from unauthorized access and data tampering. Next, you’ll discover how servers can generate, sign, send, and validate claims in the JSON Web Tokens. Finally, you’ll learn how to make tradeoffs when storing JWT, security considerations, possible JWT attacks and security best practices to mitigate the risk. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of JWT fundamentals needed to design and ship robust RESTful APIs in the JavaScript ecosystem.
What You Will Learn?
- Course Overview : 1min.
- Project Set up, Create Login API, and Users : 26mins.
- Implement Backend APIs and Introduction to JWT : 14mins.
- Add Security to API Endpoints with JWT : 29mins.
- Authorization with JWT Claims : 14mins.