React JWT Authentication (without Redux) example

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React JWT Authentication & Authorization example

This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.

Set port

.env

PORT=8081

Note:

Open src/services/auth-header.js and modify return statement for appropriate back-end (found in the tutorial).

export default function authHeader() {
  const user = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('user'));

  if (user && user.accessToken) {
    // return { Authorization: 'Bearer ' + user.accessToken }; // for Spring Boot back-end
    return { 'x-access-token': user.accessToken };             // for Node.js Express back-end
  } else {
    return {};
  }
}

Project setup

In the project directory, you can run:

npm install
# or
yarn install

or

Compiles and hot-reloads for development

npm start
# or
yarn start

Open http://localhost:8081 to view it in the browser.

The page will reload if you make edits.