Express Jwt

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Features

JWT Authentications - Provides middleware for Express applications to authenticate requests using signed JSON Web Tokens.
Request Token Validators - Validates token signatures and expiration on every request to secure API endpoints.
JWT Route Guards - Acts as a route guard that verifies token signatures and expiration before allowing access to backend endpoints.
JSON Web Token Validators - Provides a robust mechanism to validate the authenticity of JWTs and extract user attributes.
Token Signature Verification - Implements cryptographic signature verification to ensure the authenticity of JSON Web Tokens.
Token Validation Middleware - Implements an Express middleware specifically for validating the authenticity and validity of JWTs.
Request Interception Middleware - Functions as middleware that intercepts incoming HTTP requests to perform security validation before hitting application logic.
Custom Extractors - Provides a customizable mechanism to extract authentication tokens from headers, cookies, or query parameters.
Request Credential Extractors - Includes a utility to retrieve authentication tokens from various request sources for validation.
Claim Mapping - Maps decoded JWT payload attributes directly to the request object for downstream use in the application.
Key Resolution - Dynamically resolves the correct public key from a set based on token headers at runtime.
Public Key Retrieval - Fetches the public keys necessary to verify digital signatures at runtime based on token headers.
Dynamic Key Retrieval - Retrieves the required verification keys at runtime based on request attributes or token headers.
Token Revocation - Supports checking token identifiers against revocation lists to invalidate cryptographically valid tokens.
Authentication Token Extraction - Allows the retrieval of authentication tokens from non-standard request sources using custom logic.
Expiring Tokens - Handles token expiration by allowing specific logic or custom error responses when a token has expired.

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