Protect Routes in Node.js Like a Pro 🔐 | JWT Auth Middleware Tutorial

🚀 In this Part 6 of our Node.js + Express + MongoDB Authentication Series, we’ll protect routes using JWT middleware to make your APIs secure.
You’ll learn how to block unauthorized access, verify tokens, and safeguard sensitive endpoints in just a few lines of code!

🔒 What You'll Learn:
✅ How to verify JWT in Express middleware
✅ Protect private routes from unauthorized users
✅ Step-by-step code walkthrough for secure APIs

📌 Watch the Full Auth Series Playlist:    • REST API Tutorials (Node + MongoDB)  

🛠 *Tech Used:*
Node.js
Express.js
MongoDB + Mongoose
JWT (`jsonwebtoken`)
Postman

📺 *Complete Authentication Series:*
1️⃣ Setup Project –    • Build Secure Auth API with Node.js & Mongo...  
2️⃣ Register API –    • Build Secure Auth API with Node.js & Mongo...  
3️⃣ Login API –    • Secure Login API with JWT in Node.js | Exp...  
4️⃣ Logout API –    • Secure Logout API  with JWT in Node.js | E...  
5️⃣ Get User Profile –    • Secure Profile API with JWT in Node.js 🔐 |...  
6️⃣ Protect Routes    • Protect Routes in Node.js Like a Pro 🔐 | J...  
7️⃣ Update Profile –    • Build a Secure Update Profile API in Node....  

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