Rails Authentication Guide
  • Rails Authentication Guide
  • Introduction
  • Session Authentication
    • Where to store session
  • Token Authentication
    • client side
    • Reference
  • Oauth 2
  • OpenID Connect
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Last updated 6 years ago

Why ?

When I start to make SPA and API with rails, a lot of tutorial is using

"jwt" : "json web token"

But, if you are using devise, the option for api is ...

  • Make sure to read if you want to implement token authentication yourself.

Neither of them uses "jwt" !

That's why I'm confused...

"what is the best way to implement the authentication for rails api ?"

Devise Token Auth
Simple Token Authentication
Tiddle
this gist by José Valim
https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/wiki/How-To:-Simple-Token-Authentication-Example