securing Perl web services using token-based authentication and authorization

Hi, Today program is a simple authentication and authorization example using Mojolicious, a lightweight web framework for Perl. The program sets up a login route for users to authenticate with a username and password. If the credentials are correct, the server generates a token by concatenating the server's secret key and the current time. The token is then stored in a session and returned to the user. The token is later used to authorize access to protected routes under '/api'. When a user tries to access the example route, the server checks if the token stored in the session matches the token generated earlier. If the tokens match, the user is authorized to access the resource, and the server returns the example data in JSON format. If the tokens don't match, the server returns an error message and a 403 Forbidden status code.

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