JWT Authentication Implementation in Spring Boot | Part 1 - Generate JWT Token via /authenticate API

Welcome to Part 1 of our JWT Authentication series in Spring Boot!
In this video, we walk you through implementing the /authenticate endpoint that validates user credentials and generates a secure JWT token.
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction & Agenda
1:58 - Recap JWT FLow
4:00 - Spring Security Architecture recap
5:28 - Authenticate API flow
10:00 - Basic Auth Code Recap
13:30 - Implement Auth API
21:15 - Create JWT Token
30:10 - Test Code
34:00 - Recap
35:35 - Outro

You'll learn:

Why JWT is better than Basic Auth

How to implement a secure /authenticate API

How JWT tokens are generated

The role of AuthenticationManager and UserDetailsService

Best practices for structuring your JWT logic

📌 By the end of this video, you’ll have a working JWT generation endpoint ready to protect your APIs!

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