Authentication

The user needs to authenticate thier requests to access some of the endpoints in the LetsGo API. In this guide, we'll look at how authentication works. LetsGo offers a way authenticate API requests: Basic authentication with a JWT token.

Basic authentication

With basic authentication, the user uses the JWT token to authenticate your HTTP requests. JWT tokens are obtainable by logging in to the API at "/users/login". Here's how to authenticate using cURL:

Example request with basic auth

curl -G https://lets-go-phi.vercel.app/users \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" \

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