Secure Authentication for Web Apps & APIs Using JWTs Decoding a JWT

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Ryan briefly reviews what is contained in a JWT’s playload. The payload contains “claims” which are assertions about a subject. For example, in the case of a user, the claims might include name, email, and profile image. To access the payload of a JWT, developers typically use a helper function which decodes the JWT and provides an API for accessing the payload.

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