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Professional Web API with Flask
Professional Web API with Flask
Flask-JWT-Extended Set Up
To integrate the authentication feature into our website, we will use the Flask-JWT-Extended library. First, let's install it by running the following command:
Code Setup and Configuration
Next, in the app.py file, we import JWTManager from the flask_jwt_extended library:
We then add another configuration parameter within our create_app()
function:
Just as we secured our SECRET_KEY in the .env file, we will also hide the JWT key. It's best to use a random set of values for greater security, similar to how we generated the SECRET_KEY.
Initialization
After adding the necessary information to the .env and .env.sample files, we initialize the jwt
variable using the JWTManager
and pass our app
to it:
In the next chapter, we will write an endpoint for user registration.
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