Updated on 2026-10-16 GMT+08:00

Querying a Specified SAML Provider

Function

This API is used to query details about SAML 2.0 IdPs.

Authorization Information

Each account root user has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the following required identity policy-based permissions. For details about the required permissions, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions.

Action

Access Level

Resource Type (*: required)

Condition Key

Alias

Dependencies

iam:samlProviders:getV5

Read

samlProvider *

g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>

-

-

URI

GET /v5/saml-providers/{provider_id}

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

provider_id

Yes

String

Definition

Provider ID. To obtain the value, call the ListSAMLProvidersV5 or ListOIDCProvidersV5 API.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value must contain 1 to 64 characters, including only letters, digits, and hyphens (-).

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

None

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 2 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

saml_provider

saml_provider object

Definition

SAML provider.

Range

N/A

Table 3 saml_provider

Parameter

Type

Description

provider_id

String

Definition

ID of the SAML identity provider.

Range

The value must contain 1 to 64 characters, including only letters, digits, and hyphens (-).

name

String

Definition

Name of the SAML identity provider.

Range

The value must contain 1 to 64 characters, including only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).

description

String

Definition

Description of an identity provider.

Range

The value can contain 0 to 255 characters and cannot contain the following special characters: @#%&<>$^*.

urn

String

Definition

Uniform resource name.

Range

The value must contain 16 to 1,500 characters, including letters, digits, slashes (/), equal signs (=), underscores (_), colons (:), and hyphens (-).

saml_metadata_document

String

Definition

XML document of an IdP that supports SAML 2.0.

Range

The value is a UTF-8-encoded XML file whose length ranges from 1,000 to 512,000 characters.

assertion_encryption_mode

String

Definition

Encryption settings of the SAML identity provider.

Range

The value can be "Required" or "Allowed".

  • Required: Only encrypted SAML assertions are supported.

  • Allowed: Both encrypted and unencrypted SAML assertions are supported.

private_keys

Array of private_keys objects

Definition

List of private keys used to decrypt SAML assertions. Each private key contains the key_id (private key ID) and timestamp (upload time) fields.

Range

N/A

tags

Array of tags objects

Definition

List of custom tags. Each tag contains the tag_key (tag key) and tag_value (tag value) fields.

Range

The array length is not involved.

created_at

String

Definition

Time when the SAML identity provider was created. The UTC time format is used. The format is yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ, for example, 2023-09-13T06:51:20.550Z.

Range

N/A

expires_at

String

Definition

Time when the SAML identity provider expires. The UTC time format is used. The format is yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ, for example, 2023-09-13T06:51:20.550Z.

Range

N/A

Table 4 private_keys

Parameter

Type

Description

key_id

String

Definition

ID of the private key for decrypting SAML assertions.

Range

N/A

timestamp

String

Definition

Time when the private key for decrypting SAML assertions was uploaded. The value must comply with the ISO 8601 format, for example, 2024-01-01T12:00:00Z.

Range

N/A

Table 5 tags

Parameter

Type

Description

tag_key

String

Definition

Tag key.

Range

The value can contain 1 to 64 characters, including letters, digits, spaces, and the following special characters: _.:=+-@. The value cannot start or end with a space or start with sys.

tag_value

String

Definition

Tag value.

Range

The value can contain 0 to 128 characters, including letters, digits, spaces, and the following special characters: _.:/=+-@. It can also be an empty string.

Status code: 403

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition:

Error code. For details, see Error Code.

Range:

The format is PAP5.XXXX, for example, PAP5.0012.

error_msg

String

Definition:

Error message. For details, see Error Message.

Range:

N/A.

request_id

String

Definition:

Unique identifier of an API request, which is used to locate API calling exceptions.

Range:

N/A

encoded_authorization_message

String

Definition:

Encrypted details returned when the authentication fails, which are used to locate authentication problems. The STS5 decryption API can be used for decryption. For details, see API link.

Range:

N/A.

Status code: 404

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition:

Error code. For details, see Error Code.

Range:

The format is PAP5.XXXX, for example, PAP5.0012.

error_msg

String

Definition:

Error message. For details, see Error Message.

Range:

N/A.

request_id

String

Definition:

Unique identifier of an API request, which is used to locate API calling exceptions.

Range:

N/A

Example Requests

None

Example Responses

Status code: 200

{
  "saml_provider" : {
    "provider_id" : "example-saml-provider-id",
    "name" : "example_saml_provider",
    "urn" : "iam::123456789012:user:example-saml-user",
    "saml_metadata_document" : "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<md:EntityDescriptor entityID=\"http://***.***.com/****************************\"\n                     xmlns:md=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata\">\n\t<md:IDPSSODescriptor WantAuthnRequestsSigned=\"false\"\n\t                     protocolSupportEnumeration=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol\">\n\t\t<md:KeyDescriptor use=\"signing\">\n\t\t\t<ds:KeyInfo xmlns:ds=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#\">\n\t\t\t\t<ds:X509Data>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ds:X509Certificate>example************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************example</ds:X509Certificate>\n\t\t\t\t</ds:X509Data>\n\t\t\t</ds:KeyInfo>\n\t\t</md:KeyDescriptor>\n\t\t<md:NameIDFormat>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:unspecified</md:NameIDFormat>\n\t\t<md:NameIDFormat>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress</md:NameIDFormat>\n\t\t<md:SingleSignOnService Binding=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST\"\n\t\t                        Location=\"https://***************.okta.com/app/***************_oktaaws_1/****************************/sso/saml\"/>\n\t\t<md:SingleSignOnService Binding=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Redirect\"\n\t\t                        Location=\"https://***************.okta.com/app/***************_oktaaws_1/****************************/sso/saml\"/>\n\t</md:IDPSSODescriptor>\n</md:EntityDescriptor>",
    "description" : "",
    "assertion_encryption_mode" : "Allowed",
    "private_keys" : [ ],
    "tags" : [ ],
    "created_at" : "2023-09-13T06:51:20.550Z",
    "expires_at" : "2023-09-13T06:51:20.550Z"
  }
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Request succeeded.

403

No operation permissions.

404

No resources found.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.