[Updated] Securing Spring Boot APIs with JWT Authentication

JSON Web Token (JWT) is an open standard to send information (known as claims ) as a JSON object. When digitally signed using a secret key or a public/private key pair, the recipient can verify and trust the claims. JWTs are compact and self-contained, making them well-suited for authentication and authorization. It’s no surprise that industry standards like OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC) use…