NestJS · Middle · Question 29 of 75

How does Passport fit into Nest authentication?

1Passport replaces Nest's DI
2Passport is required for all Nest apps
✓Correct answer: @nestjs/passport wraps Passport strategies (local, JWT, OAuth) as guards via AuthGuard('jwt')

Explanation

A strategy class extends PassportStrategy(Strategy) and implements validate(), whose return value becomes request.user.

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