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SAML Federation API, gRPC: FederationService.Get

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Updated at April 24, 2025

Returns the specified federation.

To get the list of available federations, make a List request.

gRPC request

rpc Get (GetFederationRequest) returns (Federation)

GetFederationRequest

{
  "federation_id": "string"
}

Field

Description

federation_id

string

ID of the federation to return.
To get the federation ID, make a FederationService.List request.

Federation

{
  "id": "string",
  "organization_id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "cookie_max_age": "google.protobuf.Duration",
  "auto_create_account_on_login": "bool",
  "issuer": "string",
  "sso_binding": "BindingType",
  "sso_url": "string",
  "security_settings": {
    "encrypted_assertions": "bool",
    "force_authn": "bool"
  },
  "case_insensitive_name_ids": "bool",
  "labels": "map<string, string>"
}

A federation.
For more information, see SAML-compatible identity federations.

Field

Description

id

string

Required field. ID of the federation.

organization_id

string

ID of the organization that the federation belongs to.

name

string

Required field. Name of the federation.

description

string

Description of the federation.

created_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Creation timestamp.

cookie_max_age

google.protobuf.Duration

Browser cookie lifetime in seconds.
If the cookie is still valid, the management console
authenticates the user immediately and redirects them to the home page.

auto_create_account_on_login

bool

Add new users automatically on successful authentication.
The user becomes member of the organization automatically,
but you need to grant other roles to them.

If the value is false, users who aren't added to the organization
can't log in, even if they have authenticated on your server.

issuer

string

Required field. ID of the IdP server to be used for authentication.
The IdP server also responds to IAM with this ID after the user authenticates.

sso_binding

enum BindingType

Single sign-on endpoint binding type. Most Identity Providers support the POST binding type.

SAML Binding is a mapping of a SAML protocol message onto standard messaging
formats and/or communications protocols.

  • BINDING_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED
  • POST: HTTP POST binding.
  • REDIRECT: HTTP redirect binding.
  • ARTIFACT: HTTP artifact binding.

sso_url

string

Required field. Single sign-on endpoint URL.
Specify the link to the IdP login page here.

security_settings

FederationSecuritySettings

Federation security settings.

case_insensitive_name_ids

bool

Use case insensitive Name IDs.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Resource labels as key:value pairs. Maximum of 64 per resource.

FederationSecuritySettings

Federation security settings.

Field

Description

encrypted_assertions

bool

Enable encrypted assertions.

force_authn

bool

Value parameter ForceAuthn in SAMLRequest.
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