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As always, the answer seems to be "it depends". Smile | :)

Can you avoid storing it at all (other than in a Javascript variable)? The user will have to sign in each time they load your app, but that shouldn't happen too often in a SPA.

Some people recommend local storage[^] (or session storage[^]). Others proclaim it's a terrible idea, because it could be stolen by XSS or a compromised CDN script.

The only other option appears to be a cookie. But if you need to access that from your SPA script, it can't be marked as "HTTP only", so the same XSS / compromised CDN script could steal it just as easily. And if it's sent automatically on every request to the API, then you're open to XSRF.

There don't seem to be any good answers.

Please Stop Using Local Storage - DEV Community πŸ‘©β€πŸ’»πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»[^]
Where to Store JWTs - Cookies vs HTML5 Web Storage | Stormpath[^]
local storage - Is it safe to store a jwt in localStorage with reactjs? - Stack Overflow[^]
local storage - CSRF protection with JSON Web Tokens - Stack Overflow[^]



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