How to force user logout from server side on node server and react web app?

Question

I have a nodejs as the api server and react as the web app. I only use jwt token to authenticate users and store the token in browser local storage. How do I force a user to logout?

Answer 1

You better store token in your server side. Then you can easily revoke or remove a token. User has to authorize or validate token each time when they use your api. If your use express session, you can just call req.session.destroy().