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Fiber with JWT

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This example demonstrates how to use JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authentication in a Fiber application.

Prerequisites​

  • Go 1.16 or higher
  • Go modules

Setup​

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/gofiber/recipes.git
    cd recipes/jwt

  2. Install dependencies:

    go mod tidy

Running the Application​

  1. Run the application:

    go run main.go

  2. The server will start on http://localhost:3000.

Endpoints​

MethodURLDescription
POST/loginAuthenticates a user and returns a JWT
GET/restrictedAccesses a restricted route with JWT

Example Requests​

Login​

curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/login -d '{"username": "user", "password": "pass"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Access Restricted Route​

curl -X GET http://localhost:3000/restricted -H "Authorization: Bearer <your_jwt_token>"

Postman Collection​

You can find Postman examples here.