NestJS · Junior · Question 52 of 75

How is JWT authentication often implemented in Nest?

✓Correct answer: With @nestjs/jwt to sign and verify tokens and a guard that checks the Authorization header (optionally via Passport)
2By storing passwords in the token
3Nest has no way to work with JWT

Explanation

The guard verifies the token and attaches the user to request.user; a custom @User() decorator can read it in handlers.

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