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Overview
Developed byIETF
LicenseOpen Standard
Open source✓ Open Source
Use caseSecure token-based authentication and authorization
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Claims88
Avg confidence94%
Avg freshness100%
Last updatedUpdated 19 days ago
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JSON Web Token

concept

Compact URL-safe token format for securely transmitting claims between parties

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consists of

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three parts separated by dots○UnverifiedHighFresh1
three Base64-URL encoded parts separated by dots○UnverifiedHighFresh1
three Base64URL encoded parts○UnverifiedHighFresh1
three Base64-encoded parts separated by dots○UnverifiedHighFresh1
header, payload, and signature components○UnverifiedHighFresh1

format type

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Base64URL encoded○UnverifiedHighFresh1

based on

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JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)○UnverifiedHighFresh1
JSON format○UnverifiedHighFresh1
JSON○UnverifiedHighFresh1
JSON Web Signature (JWS)○UnverifiedHighFresh1
JSON Web Encryption (JWE)○UnverifiedHighFresh1

standardized as

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RFC 7519○UnverifiedHighFresh1

primary use case

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Secure token-based authentication and authorization○UnverifiedHighFresh1
secure information transmission between parties○UnverifiedHighFresh1
compact token format for securely transmitting authentication claims○UnverifiedHighFresh1
securely transmitting information between parties as JSON objects○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Authentication and information exchange○UnverifiedHighFresh1
secure information transmission between parties as JSON object○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Authentication and authorization token format○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Secure transmission of information between parties as JSON object○UnverifiedHighFresh1
stateless authentication and authorization○UnverifiedHighFresh1
securely transmitting information between parties as JSON object○UnverifiedHighFresh1
secure token-based authentication and information exchange○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Authentication and authorization○UnverifiedHighFresh1
stateless authentication○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

defined in

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RFC 7519○UnverifiedHighFresh1

standardized in

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RFC 7519○UnverifiedHighFresh1

standardized year

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2015○UnverifiedHighFresh1

defined by

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RFC 7519○UnverifiedHighFresh1

structure components

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header, payload, signature○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Header.Payload.Signature○UnverifiedHighFresh1

specification number

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RFC 7519○UnverifiedHighFresh1

rfc number

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RFC 7519○UnverifiedHighFresh1

pricing model

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free○UnverifiedHighFresh1

used by

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Auth0○UnverifiedHighFresh1

first released

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2015○UnverifiedHighFresh1

standardized by

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IETF○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)○UnverifiedHighFresh1
IETF RFC 7519○UnverifiedHighFresh1

uses protocol

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Base64URL encoding○UnverifiedHighFresh1

requires

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cryptographic signing○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Base64URL encoding○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Base64 encoding○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports claim type

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private claims○UnverifiedHighFresh1
registered claims○UnverifiedHighFresh1

commonly used for

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authentication○UnverifiedHighFresh1
authorization○UnverifiedHighFresh1

developed by

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IETF○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Auth0○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

maintained by

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IETF○UnverifiedHighFresh1

encoding method

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Base64URL○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports algorithm

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RSA○UnverifiedHighFresh1
RSA SHA-256○UnverifiedHighFresh1
HMAC SHA-256○UnverifiedHighFresh1

encoding format

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Base64URL○UnverifiedHighFresh1

format

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Base64URL encoded○UnverifiedHighFresh1

structure format

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Header.Payload.Signature○UnverifiedHighFresh1

open source

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true○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports protocol

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RSA SHA-256○UnverifiedHighFresh1
HMAC SHA-256○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Base64URL encoding○UnverifiedHighFresh1
RSA○UnverifiedHighFresh1
HMAC○UnverifiedHighFresh1
ECDSA○UnverifiedHighFresh1
OAuth 2.0○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
HTTPS○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
OpenID Connect○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

license type

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Open Standard○UnverifiedHighFresh1

published year

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2015○UnverifiedHighFresh1

uses encoding

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Base64URL○UnverifiedHighFresh1

integrates with

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Node.js○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Python○UnverifiedHighFresh1
OAuth 2.0○UnverifiedHighFresh1
OpenID Connect○UnverifiedHighFresh1
REST APIs○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

commonly used with

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REST APIs○UnverifiedHighFresh1
OAuth 2.0○UnverifiedHighFresh1
OpenID Connect○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supported by

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most modern programming languages○UnverifiedHighFresh1

alternative to

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session-based authentication○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Session cookies○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
SAML tokens○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Simple Web Tokens○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Simple Web Tokens (SWT)○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

competes with

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SAML tokens○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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Commonly Used With

Node.jsPythonOAuth 2.0OpenID ConnectREST APIs

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