diff --git a/examples/basic_auth.py b/examples/basic_auth.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Basic authentication example
+
+This example demonstrates how to protect Flask endpoints with basic
+authentication, using secure hashed passwords.
+
+After running this example, visit http://localhost:5000 in your browser. To
+gain access, you can use (username=john, password=hello) or
+(username=susan, password=bye).
+"""
+from flask import Flask
+from flask_httpauth import HTTPBasicAuth
+from werkzeug.security import generate_password_hash, check_password_hash
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+auth = HTTPBasicAuth()
+
+users = {
+    "john": generate_password_hash("hello"),
+    "susan": generate_password_hash("bye")
+}
+
+
+@auth.verify_password
+def verify_password(username, password):
+    if username in users:
+        return check_password_hash(users.get(username), password)
+    return False
+
+
+@app.route('/')
+@auth.login_required
+def index():
+    return "Hello, %s!" % auth.username()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app.run()
diff --git a/examples/multi_auth.py b/examples/multi_auth.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Multiple authentication example
+
+This example demonstrates how to combine two authentication methods using the
+"MultiAuth" class.
+
+The root URL for this application can be accessed via basic auth, providing
+username and password, or via token auth, providing a bearer JWT token.
+"""
+from flask import Flask, g
+from flask_httpauth import HTTPBasicAuth, HTTPTokenAuth, MultiAuth
+from werkzeug.security import generate_password_hash, check_password_hash
+from itsdangerous import TimedJSONWebSignatureSerializer as JWT
+
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'top secret!'
+jwt = JWT(app.config['SECRET_KEY'], expires_in=3600)
+
+basic_auth = HTTPBasicAuth()
+token_auth = HTTPTokenAuth('Bearer')
+multi_auth = MultiAuth(basic_auth, token_auth)
+
+
+def get_jwt(username, expires_in=3600):
+    return jwt.dumps({'username': username})
+
+
+users = {
+    "john": generate_password_hash("hello"),
+    "susan": generate_password_hash("bye")
+}
+
+for user in users.keys():
+    token = jwt.dumps({'username': user})
+    print('*** token for {}: {}\n'.format(user, token))
+
+
+@basic_auth.verify_password
+def verify_password(username, password):
+    g.user = None
+    if username in users:
+        if check_password_hash(users.get(username), password):
+            g.user = username
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+@token_auth.verify_token
+def verify_token(token):
+    g.user = None
+    try:
+        data = jwt.loads(token)
+    except:
+        return False
+    if 'username' in data:
+        g.user = data['username']
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+@app.route('/')
+@multi_auth.login_required
+def index():
+    return "Hello, %s!" % g.user
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app.run()
diff --git a/examples/token_auth.py b/examples/token_auth.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Token authentication example
+
+This example demonstrates how to protect Flask endpoints with token
+authentication, using JWT tokens.
+
+When this application starts, a token is generated for each of the two users.
+To gain access, you can use a command line HTTP client such as curl, passing
+one of the tokens:
+
+    curl -X GET -H "Authorization: Bearer <insert-jwt-token-here>" http://localhost:5000/
+
+The response should include the username, which is obtained from the JWT token.
+"""
+from flask import Flask, g
+from flask_httpauth import HTTPBasicAuth, HTTPTokenAuth, MultiAuth
+from itsdangerous import TimedJSONWebSignatureSerializer as JWT
+
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'top secret!'
+jwt = JWT(app.config['SECRET_KEY'], expires_in=3600)
+
+auth = HTTPTokenAuth('Bearer')
+
+
+def get_jwt(username, expires_in=3600):
+    return jwt.dumps({'username': username})
+
+
+users = ['john', 'susan']
+for user in users:
+    token = jwt.dumps({'username': user})
+    print('*** token for {}: {}\n'.format(user, token))
+
+
+@auth.verify_token
+def verify_token(token):
+    g.user = None
+    try:
+        data = jwt.loads(token)
+    except:
+        return False
+    if 'username' in data:
+        g.user = data['username']
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+@app.route('/')
+@auth.login_required
+def index():
+    return "Hello, %s!" % g.user
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app.run()