# Using JSON Web Token instead of sessions

**URL:** <https://community.bloomreach.com/t/using-json-web-token-instead-of-sessions/779>\
**Category:** Experience Manager (PaaS/OnPrem)\
**Created:** [February 1, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/using-json-web-token-instead-of-sessions/779 "2019-02-01T13:53:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![lan.ims](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@lan.ims](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/lan.ims)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/using-json-web-token-instead-of-sessions/779/1 "2019-02-01T13:53:59Z")

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Hi,

has somebody experience in using authentication with jwt instead of sessions? Maybe with SpringSecurity?

I found an article on how to set up Spring Security from 2015.

> **[How To: Set Up Spring Security in Hippo CMS - BloomReach - Powering Enterprise...](https://www.bloomreach.com/en/blog/2015/3/spring-security-hippo-cms.html)**
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> Hippo Labs is growing, with lots of submissions from partners in the pipeline.

Does this still work with the new versions?

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![jasper.floor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/jasper.floor/32/28_2.png) [@jasper.floor](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/jasper.floor)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 9:54am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/using-json-web-token-instead-of-sessions/779/2 "2019-02-04T09:54:25Z")

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AFAIK it should still work, though I haven’t tried it myself. Take a look at:

[https://bloomreach-forge.github.io/hst-spring-security/](https://bloomreach-forge.github.io/hst-spring-security/)