Flask Token Authentication

An implementation of Token authentication in Flask using Json Web Tokens

Overview

Instead of the traditional approach of database-stored token authentication, JWTs allow for authentication without the need for persisting tokens and querying a database, saving storage space and response time.

Classic approach

JWT-based approach

Setup

1. Clone the library

git clone https://github.com/alielbashir/flask-token-auth

2. Download the app's dependencies

python -m pip install -r requirements

Usage

Run the server

python app.py