How I Structure Authentication in .NET (JWT + Refresh Tokens)

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If you’ve built a few .NET APIs, you’ve probably done authentication more than once. JWT...

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# How I Structure Authentication in .NET (JWT + Refresh Tokens)

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If you’ve built a few .NET APIs, you’ve probably done authentication more than once.

* JWT setup
* logi
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