createToken.cs

public string GenerateToken(Authentication user)
        {
            // generate token that is valid for 7 days
            List<Claim> claims = new List<Claim>
            {
                new Claim("email", user.Email),
                new Claim("role", user.UserRole.ToString()),
                new Claim("name", user.UserName),
                new Claim("id", user.AuthId.ToString())

            };
            var key = new SymmetricSecurityKey(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(_config.GetSection("AppSettings:Secret").Value));



            var cred = new SigningCredentials(key, SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256);



            var token = new JwtSecurityToken(
                claims: claims,
                expires: DateTime.Now.AddDays(1),
                signingCredentials: cred
                );

            var jwt = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler().WriteToken(token);

            return jwt;
        }