In this opportunity, we are building a small login system using:

• React.js, The Context API and sessionStorage for persistency.

• Python Flask framework for building API’s.

• Flask JWT Extended library to implement JWT tokens.

Video Chapters:

0:00 - Intro
0:32 - How authentication works
12:04 - Creating a token in the backend
23:14 - Asking for a token from the front-end
36:14 - Storing the token in the front end localStorate
43:42 - Redirecting the user after login or handling error
53:40 - Making the session persistent (avoid loosing it on refresh)
57:36 - Logout
1:00:00 - Making authenticated requests

You can find the exercise code template here:

https://github.com/4GeeksAcademy/reac…

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