JWT Auth with Vue | vue js axios token
Vuex[1]isthestatemanagementlibraryforVueapps.Itprovidesacentralstoreforgloballystoringthecompletestateoftheapplication.Italsoensuresthatdataisaccessedincertainwaybyallcomponents.Inthistutorial,youwillseehowyoucanuseVue.jswithVuexandAxiostocreateanapplicationthatallowsuserstoregisterandloginviaJWTauthentication.SinceVue.jsisonlyafront-endlibrarywellneedaback-endthathandlesJWTauthenticationandreturnsvalidJWTaccesstokenstotheclient.HerecomestheroleofVuextostoretheaccesstokensandattachthemwithan...
Vuex[1] is the state management library for Vue apps. It provides a central store for globally storing the complete state of the application. It also ensures that data is accessed in certain way by all components.
In this tutorial, you will see how you can use Vue.js with Vuex and Axios to create an application that allows users to register and login via JWT authentication.
Since Vue.js is only a front-end library well need a back-end that handles JWT authentication and returns valid JWT access tokens to the client. Here comes the role of Vuex to store the access tokens and attach them with any outgoing requests to access protected resources using Axios.
PrerequisitesTo be able to take follow this tutorial step by step, you need to have:
A working knowledge of Vue.js, A recent version of Node.js and NPM installed on your development machine.For the back-end server that implements JWT authentication, you need to follow the Node Express JWT Authenticati...