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JWT: How to securely stores cookies.

What is JWT?

JWT stands for JSON Web Token. It's a compact, URL-safe means of representing claims to be transferred between two parties. The claims in a JWT are encoded as a JSON object that is used as the payload of a JSON Web Signature (JWS) structure or as the plaintext of a JSON Web Encryption (JWE) structure, enabling the claims to be digitally signed or integrity protected with a Message Authentication Code (MAC) and/or encrypted.

But... Let's skip the long words.

in short JWT or JSON Web Token is way to stores data safely and we're going to applies it cookies. So, let's get start.

  1. Let start with installing dependency.
    npm i jsonwebtoken
  2. Now let's create create new endpoint