auth0/express-jwt

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Express middleware that validates JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) using the webtoken library and attaches the decoded payload to the request object. It supports custom token extraction, revocation checks, expiration handling, and configurable algorithms, audience, and issuer validation.

Use cases

• protect express routes with jwt authentication
• validate bearer tokens in an express api
• attach decoded jwt payload to request object
• handle token revocation and expiration in express
• require authentication middleware for nodejs http endpoints

When to choose

• you are building an express or connect-based nodejs api that authenticates users with jwts
• you need flexible token extraction from headers, cookies, or query params
• you want configurable validation of algorithms, audience, issuer, and revocation

When to avoid

• you are not using express or connect middleware
• you need full oauth2/openid connect flows rather than simple jwt verification
• you use a framework other than express with incompatible middleware conventions

Facets

library · maturity stable

auth middleware http-server security web-development backend apis jwt express authentication bearer-token token-validation nodejs

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