# King Saud University Identity API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/king-saud-university/king-saud-university-identity-api/  
**Provider:** King Saud University — https://apis.io/providers/king-saud-university/  
**Base URL:** https://data.ksu.edu.sa  
**Documentation:** https://data.ksu.edu.sa/ar

King Saud University Identity API is one of 6 APIs that [King Saud University](https://apis.io/providers/king-saud-university/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Identity. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, and 1 JSON Schema.

OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect endpoints of the King Saud University authorization server.

## Operations (13)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/.well-known/openid-configuration` | OpenID Connect discovery document |
| GET | `/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server` | OAuth 2.0 authorization server metadata (RFC 8414) |
| GET | `/pf/JWKS` | JSON Web Key Set |
| GET | `/as/authorization.oauth2` | Authorization endpoint |
| POST | `/as/par.oauth2` | Pushed authorization request endpoint (RFC 9126) |
| POST | `/as/token.oauth2` | Token endpoint |
| POST | `/as/introspect.oauth2` | Token introspection endpoint (RFC 7662) |
| POST | `/as/revoke_token.oauth2` | Token revocation endpoint (RFC 7009) |
| POST | `/as/device_authz.oauth2` | Device authorization endpoint (RFC 8628) |
| POST | `/as/bc-auth.ciba` | CIBA backchannel authentication endpoint |
| GET | `/idp/userinfo.openid` | UserInfo endpoint |
| GET | `/idp/init_logout.openid` | RP-initiated logout endpoint |
| GET | `/idp/startSSO.ping` | SP-initiated SAML 2.0 single sign-on |

## Machine-readable artifacts (12)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/king-saud-university/refs/heads/main/openapi/king-saud-university-identity-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://data.ksu.edu.sa/ar/node/1163
- **APIReference** — https://data.ksu.edu.sa/ar/api/guide
- **TermsOfService** — https://data.ksu.edu.sa/ar/node/1178
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/king-saud-university/refs/heads/main/json-schema/king-saud-university-open-data-datasets-schema.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/king-saud-university/refs/heads/main/examples/king-saud-university-open-data-examples.yml
- **Lifecycle** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/king-saud-university/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/king-saud-university-lifecycle.yml
- **OpenIDConnectDiscovery** — https://iam.ksu.edu.sa/.well-known/openid-configuration
- **AuthorizationServerMetadata** — https://iam.ksu.edu.sa/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
- **JWKS** — https://iam.ksu.edu.sa/pf/JWKS
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/king-saud-university/refs/heads/main/authentication/king-saud-university-authentication.yml
- **Scopes** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/king-saud-university/refs/heads/main/scopes/king-saud-university-scopes.yml

## Other King Saud University APIs (5)

- [King Saud University identity provider in eduGAIN (via Maeen)](https://apis.io/apis/king-saud-university/edugain-idp/)
- [Crossref membership and DOI prefix](https://apis.io/apis/king-saud-university/crossref/)
- [Research Organization Registry identifier](https://apis.io/apis/king-saud-university/ror/)
- [KSU learning management system (Blackboard Learn SaaS tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/king-saud-university/blackboard-lms/)
- [King Saud University Datasets API](https://apis.io/apis/king-saud-university/king-saud-university-datasets-api/)

## Tags

Identity

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