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JWT Auth Middleware: Options > headerName: string
Source evidence: /Sources/honojs__hono/provenance.md Canonical citation: https://hono.dev/llms-full.txt#headername-string
Summary
The name of the header to look for the JWT token. The default is Authorization. ts app.use( '/auth/*', jwt({ secret: 'it-is-very-secret', alg: 'HS256', headerName: 'x-custom-auth-header', }) )
Content
The name of the header to look for the JWT token. The default is Authorization.
app.use(
'/auth/*',
jwt({
secret: 'it-is-very-secret',
alg: 'HS256',
headerName: 'x-custom-auth-header',
})
)
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