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This project is proof of concept on implementation of JWT authentication in CakePHP usingAuthentication plugin.

1. Download the repo locally:

   git clone git@github.com:ishanvyas22/cakephp-jwt-authentication-demo.gitcd cakephp-jwt-authentication-demo

2. Install PHP dependencies:

   composer install

3. Read and edit the environment specificconfig/app_local.php and setup the'Datasources' and any other configuration relevant for your application. Other environment agnostic settings can be changed inconfig/app.php.

4. Run database migrations & seeders:

   bin/cake migrations migratebin/cake migrations seed --seed=DatabaseSeed

5. Run the dev server (the output will give the address):

   bin/cake server

That's all!

You can send aPOST request to/api/users/login.json URL with below details:

• Username: john
• Password: secret

It will return JWT token in json response.

To get authenticated user's information you have to make aGET request to/api/users.json URL with the token you got from previous step in theAuthorization header withBearer prefix.

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