ASP.NET Core 3.1 - JWT Authentication Tutorial with Example API (JSON Web Token (JWT))

JSON Web Token (JWT) is a means of representing claims to be transferred between two parties. The claims in a JWT are encoded as a JSON object that is digitally signed using JSON Web Signature (JWS) and/or encrypted using JSON Web Encryption (JWE).

This Tutorial we are going to build with Asp.net Core 3.1


In this tutorial, we'll go through a simple example of how to implement custom JWT (JSON Web Token) authentication in an ASP.NET Core 3.1 API with C#.

Tools required to run the ASP.NET Core 3.1 JWT Example Locally