CognitoIdentityProvider / Client / describe_identity_provider

describe_identity_provider#

CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.describe_identity_provider(**kwargs)#

Given a user pool ID and identity provider (IdP) name, returns details about the IdP.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.describe_identity_provider(
    UserPoolId='string',
    ProviderName='string'
)
Parameters:
  • UserPoolId (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The ID of the user pool that has the IdP that you want to describe..

  • ProviderName (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of the IdP that you want to describe.

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 details of the requested IdP.

      • UserPoolId (string) –

        The ID of the user pool associated with the IdP.

      • ProviderName (string) –

        A friendly name for the IdP.

      • ProviderType (string) –

        The type of IdP. Either SAML, OIDC, or a named social identity provider.

      • 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. IdP identifiers are strings that represent friendly names or domain names of IdPs, for example MyIdP or auth.example.com. You can choose to route user authorization requests to the right IdP with either IdP identifiers or IdP names. For more information, see identity_provider and idp_identifier at Authorize endpoint.

        • (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