JWT or JSON Web Token is JSON base standard for credential access (RFC 7519). The token contains access claims. For example the authentication server can generate token with claim "edit article" and the user with this claim can access functionality in REST API to "edit article". What is JWT structure? Typically JWT looks like: xxxx.yyyy.zzzz

JSON means JavaScript Object Notation. It is an open source text base standard for data exchange. Primary usage of JSON is to transmit data between web browsers and servers as alternative of XML. Syntax rules Data is a key-value pair (also reffered to as property) separated by a comma. Keys are always strings.Curly brackets hold