Building Microservices API in Go - JWT Tokens

The video tutorial covers JSON Web Tokens (JWT), explaining their structure, including header, payload, and signature. It discusses the importance of claims, both registered and private, and emphasizes security by ensuring tokens are signed with a secret key. The tutorial also explores creating JWTs using libraries, particularly in Golang, and defines user roles and permissions for a banking application. Finally, it outlines building an authentication service to create and verify tokens, ensuring secure and authorized access to APIs.

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