Querying a Metadata File

Function

This API is used to query the content of the metadata file imported by an identity provider to the IAM system.

URI

• URI format

  GET /v3-ext/OS-FEDERATION/identity_providers/{idp_id}/protocols/{protocol_id}/metadata

• URI parameters

  Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
  idp_id	Yes	String	ID of an identity provider.
  protocol _id	Yes	String	ID of a protocol.

Request Parameters

• Parameters in the request header

  Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
  Content-Type	Yes	String	Fill application/json;charset=utf8 in this field.
  X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	Authenticated token with the Security Administrator permission.

• Example request

  curl -i -k -H 'Accept:application/json' -H 'Content-Type:application/json;charset=utf8' -H "X-Auth-Token:$token" -X GET https://sample.domain.com/v3-ext/OS-FEDERATION/identity_providers/ACME/protocols/saml/metadata

Response Parameters

• Parameters in the response body

  Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
  id	Yes	String	ID of a metadata file.
  idp_id	Yes	String	ID of an identity provider.
  entity_id	Yes	String	entityID field in the metadata file.
  protocol_id	Yes	String	ID of a protocol.
  domain_id	Yes	String	ID of the domain that a user belongs to.
  xaccount_type	Yes	String	Domain source. The value is left empty by default.
  update_time	Yes	String	Time when a metadata file is imported or updated.
  data	Yes	String	Content of a metadata file.

• Example response

  {
  "id": "40c174f35ff94e31b8257ad4991bce8b",
  "idp_id": "ACME",
  "entity_id": "https://idp.test.com/idp/shibboleth",
  "protocol_id": "saml",
  "domain_id": "ed7a77d365304f458f7d0a7909c6d889",
  "xaccount_type": "",
  "update_time": "2016-10-26T09:26:23.000000",
  "data": "$data"}

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