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      <title>Auth using jsonwebtoken(why user is equal to req.user)</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 16:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;here is the code for auth using jsonwebtoken which i got from youtube tutorial
why req.user =user&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;import jwt from "jsonwebtoken";
const auth = (req, res, next) =&amp;gt; {
  try {
    const token = req.header("Authorization");
    if (!token) return res.status(400).json({ msg: "Invalid Authentication" });
    jwt.verify(token, process.env.SECRET_JWT, (err, user) =&amp;gt; {
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