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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/authentication-jwt](./authentication-jwt.md) &gt; [JWTAuthenticationStrategy](./authentication-jwt.jwtauthenticationstrategy.md)

## JWTAuthenticationStrategy class

**Signature:**

```typescript
export declare class JWTAuthenticationStrategy implements AuthenticationStrategy 
```
**Implements:** [AuthenticationStrategy](./authentication.authenticationstrategy.md)

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[(constructor)(tokenService)](./authentication-jwt.jwtauthenticationstrategy._constructor_.md)


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Constructs a new instance of the `JWTAuthenticationStrategy` class


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## Properties

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[name](./authentication-jwt.jwtauthenticationstrategy.name.md)


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string


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[tokenService](./authentication-jwt.jwtauthenticationstrategy.tokenservice.md)


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[TokenService](./authentication.tokenservice.md)


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## Methods

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[authenticate(request)](./authentication-jwt.jwtauthenticationstrategy.authenticate.md)


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[extractCredentials(request)](./authentication-jwt.jwtauthenticationstrategy.extractcredentials.md)


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