# KAU SAML 2.0 Identity Provider

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/kau/identity-federation/  
**Provider:** King Abdulaziz University — https://apis.io/providers/kau/  
**Base URL:** https://iam.kau.edu.sa/oamfed/idp/samlv20  
**Documentation:** https://www.kau.edu.sa/page/open-data

KAU SAML 2.0 Identity Provider is one of 7 APIs that [King Abdulaziz University](https://apis.io/providers/kau/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Identity Federation, SAML, Authentication, and SSO. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes authentication docs.

King Abdulaziz University's institutional SAML 2.0 identity provider, running Oracle Access Manager Federation at /oamfed/idp/samlv20. The IdP itself is unreachable from outside Saudi Arabia, so it was evidenced indirectly and conclusively: KAU's Blackboard service provider generated a freshly signed, freshly timestamped SAML AuthnRequest addressed to it during this run (IssueInstant 2026-09-01T17:11:59.020Z, RSA-SHA256), which is archived in this repository. The 2026-06-03 profile recorded the federation endpoint as /oamsso-bin/login-fed.pl; the actual SAML 2.0 protocol endpoint is /oamfed/idp/samlv20, corrected here from live evidence. Not a developer API and not federated outward. KAU publishes no SAML metadata and belongs to neither Maeen, Saudi Arabia's national identity federation, nor eduGAIN, although thirty-eight Saudi entities including King Saud University, KFUPM, KAUST and King Khalid University are registered in Maeen. KAU runs federation for itself only, so no external relying party can federate with it even in principle.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **IdentityFederation** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kau/refs/heads/main/identity-federation/kau-identity-federation.yml
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kau/refs/heads/main/conformance/kau-conformance.yml
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kau/refs/heads/main/authentication/kau-authentication.yml

## Other King Abdulaziz University APIs (6)

- [KAU Open Data API](https://apis.io/apis/kau/open-data/)
- [King Abdulaziz University Journals (Digital Commons tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/kau/journals-digital-commons/)
- [KAU Blackboard Learn (LMS tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/kau/blackboard-learn/)
- [King Abdulaziz Scientific Platform (Al Manhal tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/kau/scientific-platform/)
- [Crossref membership](https://apis.io/apis/kau/crossref/)
- [ROR registration](https://apis.io/apis/kau/ror/)

## Tags

Identity Federation, SAML, Authentication, SSO

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/kau/identity-federation/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/kau/.