Implementing API Authentication with Guardian in Phoenix (opens in new tab)

From Mitchell Hanberg's Blog: Most applications need some sort of authentication and authorization, and REST API's are no different. If you are familiar with web development but have never worked on one that does not have a front end (like me), then the authentication functionality might stump you at first. What is Guardian? Guardian is a token based authentication library for use with Elixir applications. More can be learned by reading its Keep in mind that the "tokens" that Guardians refers...