Access control

Access control in Alette Signal is the process of sending tokens or cookies along with request blueprint data, allowing the server to verify who the user is (authentication) and what the user is allowed to do (authorization).

Access control helpers

Alette Signal offers 2 access control helpers:

1. Token holder - used for JSON Web Token (JWT) and OAuth token based authentication and authorization.
2. Cookie handler - used for cookie-based authentication and authorization.