Token Refresh Demonstration
About JWT Token Refresh
JWT (JSON Web Token) tokens are a secure way to transmit information between parties as a JSON object. They're commonly used for authentication and authorization in web applications.
Token refresh is an essential security feature that:
- Reduces the risk of stolen tokens by limiting their lifetime
- Provides seamless authentication without requiring users to log in again
- Allows the system to revoke access by invalidating refresh tokens
- Improves security through token rotation, making leaked tokens quickly unusable
This demo shows our implementation of automatic token refresh. The system will:
- Automatically refresh tokens before they expire
- Handle expired tokens during API requests by refreshing and retrying
- Provide proper error handling when refresh fails
- Allow manual refresh for demonstration purposes
Token Refresh Demo
This component demonstrates the automatic token refresh functionality. The authentication system will automatically refresh your token before it expires.
Note for Development/Testing
For demonstration purposes, we've set token lifetimes shorter than would be used in production. In a real-world scenario, access tokens might last hours, and refresh tokens could last days or weeks.