Play Framework Security

JWT Authentication with Play Framework

February 14, 2017April 28, 2017Play 2.4.X, Play Framework, Studio-Scalaplay, Play Authentication, Play Framework Security, Security

Reading Time: 3 minutes In this blog, I will demonstrate how to implement JWT Authentication with Play Framework. JSON Web Token (JWT) is a compact, self-contained which means securely transfer the information between two parties. It can be sent via Post request or inside the HTTP header. This information can be verified and trusted because it is digitally signed. JWTs can be signed using a secret or a public/private key Continue Reading

Play Basic Authentication

July 18, 2016May 3, 2017Studio-Scalabasics of play framework, Play Authentication, Play Basics, Play Framework Security

Reading Time: < 1 minute This blog is about Basic Authentication for securing your Play Action or can say rest end point from external inference, It simply uses HTTP header and doesn’t require cookies session and login page for authentication. The credential of the user has to be sent in the header of each HTTP request. HTTP Basic authentication does not provide high-level protection as it just encoded user’s credential with Base64 i.e Continue Reading