Why encode jwt token in base64?

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Mat1lda2021-09-04 11:55:52

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Mat1lda, 2021-09-04 11:55:52

Why encode jwt token in base64?

Actually, I did not understand why to encode the token in base64. Reading from base64 is not difficult. Basically, it's a redundant operation.

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ayazer, 2021-09-04
@Mat1lda

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#sect...
json cannot suddenly appear in http headers, this is a violation of the protocol

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