What is a JSON Web Token (JWT)?

What is a JSON Web Token (JWT)?

JSON Web Token(JWT) is an industry standard for security tokens used to securely transmit information between client and server as JSON objects.It provides a solution to the problem of passing claims between parties.

April 21, 2018 · (updated December 5, 2023) · 5 min · Pradeep Loganathan
What is HTTP2? HTTP2 support in .NET core

HTTP2

HTTP & HTTP/2 are both application level protocols that utilize a lower level protocol like TCP to talk on the Internet. The protocol of the Internet is TCP over IP over Ethernet.

March 11, 2018 · (updated December 5, 2023) · 11 min · Pradeep Loganathan
Representational State Transfer - REST

REST - Identifying Resources and URI design.

The key parts of a Resource oriented architecture (REST architecture) are resources, identifiers, representations, and the links between them. There is no exact science to identifying resources and there is no right or wrong with resources identified.In this post we will look at best practices to do so.

December 14, 2016 · (updated December 25, 2023) · 5 min · Pradeep Loganathan
Rest - Idempotency and Safety

Rest - Idempotency and Safety

Implementing the REST architectural principles results in the both Idempotency and safety being incorporated into the system. This is not however not completely automatic and needs to be thought through in detail.

October 19, 2016 · (updated February 5, 2024) · 7 min · Pradeep Loganathan
REST constraints

REST architectural constraints

REST defines six architectural constraints which make any web service – a truly RESTful API. These are also called as Fielding’s constraints. They generalize the Web’s architectural principles and represent them as a framework of constraints or an architectural style.

October 19, 2016 · (updated February 5, 2024) · 5 min · Pradeep Loganathan