Importance of JWT JWT (JSON Web Token) is a form of transmitting a JSON object as information between parties. Let's learn more about what JWTs are and how they work. JWTs are important for two main reasons: 1. Authorization 2. Information exchange JSON Web Token comprises 3 strings separated by “.” as follows where each part is encoded with base64url encoding : “eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJyb2xlIjp7ImlkIjoiNTlhZDFmZTI0MDVkNzk0YTFkYWQ2YmFkIiwiZGlzcGxheV9uYW1lIjoiQWRtaW4iLCJyb2xlX3R5cGUiOiJhZG1pbiJ9LCJpZCI6IlwiNTliYmJjODc0MDVkNzk0NjYwNGEzZjUyXCIiLCJlbWFpbCI6Imp5b3RpZ2F1dGFtMTA4QGdtYWlsLmNvbSJ9.oGA-goFi7ee6DdKn0Z4sctomaY6Ki0mfuJfxT4OK9WA” 1. Header 2. Payload 3. Signature Header: The header contains: t ype: the specification that the token is a JWT algorithm: the signing algorithm used to sign said token Algorithms that are used to sign include RSA, HMAC, or SHA256. The signatures for the tokens serve two purposes – integrity ...