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title: NodeJS / Express Authorization Middleware
description: In this video we build Authorization (AuthZ) middleware using Node, Express, and JSON Web Tokens (JWT). This tutorial will help you to implement simple access control into your NodeJS/Express API server. Access control can be defined based on a user's Role (Role-based access control, RBAC), or attribute based access control.
date: 2019-09-19
tags: NodeJS, Authorization, Middleware, JSON Web Token, JWT, Access Control
source: https://brianchildress.co/blog/node-authorization-middleware
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# NodeJS / Express Authorization Middleware

In this video we build Authorization (AuthZ) middleware using Node, Express, and JSON Web Tokens (JWT). This tutorial will help you to implement simple access control into your NodeJS/Express API server. Access control can be defined based on a user's Role (Role-based access control, RBAC), or attribute based access control.