CognitoIdentityProvider / Client / describe_identity_provider
describe_identity_provider#
- CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.describe_identity_provider(**kwargs)#
Gets information about a specific IdP.
See also: AWS API Documentation
Request Syntax
response = client.describe_identity_provider( UserPoolId='string', ProviderName='string' )
- Parameters:
UserPoolId (string) –
[REQUIRED]
The user pool ID.
ProviderName (string) –
[REQUIRED]
The IdP name.
- Return type:
dict
- Returns:
Response Syntax
{ 'IdentityProvider': { 'UserPoolId': 'string', 'ProviderName': 'string', 'ProviderType': 'SAML'|'Facebook'|'Google'|'LoginWithAmazon'|'SignInWithApple'|'OIDC', 'ProviderDetails': { 'string': 'string' }, 'AttributeMapping': { 'string': 'string' }, 'IdpIdentifiers': [ 'string', ], 'LastModifiedDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1), 'CreationDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1) } }
Response Structure
(dict) –
IdentityProvider (dict) –
The identity provider details.
UserPoolId (string) –
The user pool ID.
ProviderName (string) –
The IdP name.
ProviderType (string) –
The IdP type.
ProviderDetails (dict) –
The scopes, URLs, and identifiers for your external identity provider. The following examples describe the provider detail keys for each IdP type. These values and their schema are subject to change. Social IdP
authorize_scopes
values must match the values listed here.OpenID Connect (OIDC)
Amazon Cognito accepts the following elements when it can’t discover endpoint URLs from
oidc_issuer
:attributes_url
,authorize_url
,jwks_uri
,token_url
.Create or update request:
"ProviderDetails": { "attributes_request_method": "GET", "attributes_url": "https://auth.example.com/userInfo", "authorize_scopes": "openid profile email", "authorize_url": "https://auth.example.com/authorize", "client_id": "1example23456789", "client_secret": "provider-app-client-secret", "jwks_uri": "https://auth.example.com/.well-known/jwks.json", "oidc_issuer": "https://auth.example.com", "token_url": "https://example.com/token" }
Describe response:
"ProviderDetails": { "attributes_request_method": "GET", "attributes_url": "https://auth.example.com/userInfo", "attributes_url_add_attributes": "false", "authorize_scopes": "openid profile email", "authorize_url": "https://auth.example.com/authorize", "client_id": "1example23456789", "client_secret": "provider-app-client-secret", "jwks_uri": "https://auth.example.com/.well-known/jwks.json", "oidc_issuer": "https://auth.example.com", "token_url": "https://example.com/token" }
SAML
Create or update request with Metadata URL:
"ProviderDetails": { "IDPInit": "true", "IDPSignout": "true", "EncryptedResponses" : "true", "MetadataURL": "https://auth.example.com/sso/saml/metadata", "RequestSigningAlgorithm": "rsa-sha256" }
Create or update request with Metadata file:
"ProviderDetails": { "IDPInit": "true", "IDPSignout": "true", "EncryptedResponses" : "true", "MetadataFile": "[metadata XML]", "RequestSigningAlgorithm": "rsa-sha256" }
The value of
MetadataFile
must be the plaintext metadata document with all quote (”) characters escaped by backslashes.Describe response:
"ProviderDetails": { "IDPInit": "true", "IDPSignout": "true", "EncryptedResponses" : "true", "ActiveEncryptionCertificate": "[certificate]", "MetadataURL": "https://auth.example.com/sso/saml/metadata", "RequestSigningAlgorithm": "rsa-sha256", "SLORedirectBindingURI": "https://auth.example.com/slo/saml", "SSORedirectBindingURI": "https://auth.example.com/sso/saml" }
LoginWithAmazon
Create or update request:
"ProviderDetails": { "authorize_scopes": "profile postal_code", "client_id": "amzn1.application-oa2-client.1example23456789", "client_secret": "provider-app-client-secret"
Describe response:
"ProviderDetails": { "attributes_url": "https://api.amazon.com/user/profile", "attributes_url_add_attributes": "false", "authorize_scopes": "profile postal_code", "authorize_url": "https://www.amazon.com/ap/oa", "client_id": "amzn1.application-oa2-client.1example23456789", "client_secret": "provider-app-client-secret", "token_request_method": "POST", "token_url": "https://api.amazon.com/auth/o2/token" }
Google
Create or update request:
"ProviderDetails": { "authorize_scopes": "email profile openid", "client_id": "1example23456789.apps.googleusercontent.com", "client_secret": "provider-app-client-secret" }
Describe response:
"ProviderDetails": { "attributes_url": "https://people.googleapis.com/v1/people/me?personFields=", "attributes_url_add_attributes": "true", "authorize_scopes": "email profile openid", "authorize_url": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth", "client_id": "1example23456789.apps.googleusercontent.com", "client_secret": "provider-app-client-secret", "oidc_issuer": "https://accounts.google.com", "token_request_method": "POST", "token_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token" }
SignInWithApple
Create or update request:
"ProviderDetails": { "authorize_scopes": "email name", "client_id": "com.example.cognito", "private_key": "1EXAMPLE", "key_id": "2EXAMPLE", "team_id": "3EXAMPLE" }
Describe response:
"ProviderDetails": { "attributes_url_add_attributes": "false", "authorize_scopes": "email name", "authorize_url": "https://appleid.apple.com/auth/authorize", "client_id": "com.example.cognito", "key_id": "1EXAMPLE", "oidc_issuer": "https://appleid.apple.com", "team_id": "2EXAMPLE", "token_request_method": "POST", "token_url": "https://appleid.apple.com/auth/token" }
Facebook
Create or update request:
"ProviderDetails": { "api_version": "v17.0", "authorize_scopes": "public_profile, email", "client_id": "1example23456789", "client_secret": "provider-app-client-secret" }
Describe response:
"ProviderDetails": { "api_version": "v17.0", "attributes_url": "https://graph.facebook.com/v17.0/me?fields=", "attributes_url_add_attributes": "true", "authorize_scopes": "public_profile, email", "authorize_url": "https://www.facebook.com/v17.0/dialog/oauth", "client_id": "1example23456789", "client_secret": "provider-app-client-secret", "token_request_method": "GET", "token_url": "https://graph.facebook.com/v17.0/oauth/access_token" }
(string) –
(string) –
AttributeMapping (dict) –
A mapping of IdP attributes to standard and custom user pool attributes.
(string) –
(string) –
IdpIdentifiers (list) –
A list of IdP identifiers.
(string) –
LastModifiedDate (datetime) –
The date and time when the item was modified. Amazon Cognito returns this timestamp in UNIX epoch time format. Your SDK might render the output in a human-readable format like ISO 8601 or a Java
Date
object.CreationDate (datetime) –
The date and time when the item was created. Amazon Cognito returns this timestamp in UNIX epoch time format. Your SDK might render the output in a human-readable format like ISO 8601 or a Java
Date
object.
Exceptions
CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.InvalidParameterException
CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException
CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.NotAuthorizedException
CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.TooManyRequestsException
CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.InternalErrorException