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Add JWT token support #41

Closed PawanKolhe closed 3 years ago

PawanKolhe commented 3 years ago

Description

JWT token sent back to user after login, which has the discord_id encoded in it. The frontend will use this token to make authenticated requests.

Example of Authenticated route

@app.route("/")
@jwt_required()
def foo():
    discord_id = get_jwt_identity()    # decoding payload from jwt token
    return f"Discord ID: {discord_id}"

Fixes #40

Type of change

[x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)

Checklist:

[x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
[x] I have performed a self-review of my own code
[x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
[x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
[x] My changes generate no new warnings
[x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules

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