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While it's most commonly used for sending and receiving identity tokens on the web, JWTs can transmit any type of data.\n\n## Structure of a JWT\n\nA JWT consists of two main parts:\n1. **Payload**: The primary data within the JWT, which can be absolutely anything that can be represented as a byte array (such as Strings, images, documents, etc.).\n2. **Header**: A JSON object containing name/value pairs that represent metadata about the payload and the message itself.\n\nWhile the payload can be anything, it is often a JSON object called **Claims** when used for identity-related data. Each name/value pair within the Claims object is called a **claim**. For example, a claim might represent information about a user or computer system.\n\n## Trust and Verifiability\n\nWhile anyone can create a JWT, it's important to trust the claims made in the payload. This is where JWT security comes into play. JWTs can be secured in two main ways:\n- **JWS (JSON Web Signature)**: A cryptographically signed JWT, which ensures that the JWT comes from a trusted source and hasn't been tampered with.\n- **JWE (JSON Web Encryption)**: An encrypted JWT, which ensures that the contents of the JWT remain confidential.\n\nBy verifying the signature of a JWS or decrypting a JWE, the recipient can confidently trust the JWT's authenticity.\n\n## Compact and Efficient\n\nTo make JWTs efficient for web transmission, they can be compacted into **Base64URL-encoded** strings, making them suitable for use in HTTP headers, URLs, and more. They can also be compressed for further efficiency.\n\n---\n\nFor more details:\n- [JWS (RFC 7515)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7515)\n- [JWE (RFC 7516)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7516)\n\n\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fayushkhodankar%2Fjson-web-tokens-authorization","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fayushkhodankar%2Fjson-web-tokens-authorization","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fayushkhodankar%2Fjson-web-tokens-authorization/lists"}