In this article, we will discuss the implementation of JSON Web Token Authentication in Angular 8 application by using angular2-jwt package.
This post is compatible with Angular v6+ and RxJS v6+
What is JWT?
JWT or JSON Web Token is an encrypted string which contains information related to the logged in user and secret key, this token is generated at server end after a user is an authentication. This JWT is used for further communication between clients and servers.
After getting JWT from the server, every HTTP call to RESTful APIs must have Authorization header set with JWT, which is encoded at server end for authenticating the source. After successful validation data is transferred. Continue reading Angular 8 | JSON Web Token Authentication Tutorial with Login/ Dashboard and Guards using angular2-jwt