McGill University

McGill University Metadata API

SAML 2.0 entity metadata published for relying parties and federations.

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GET /idp/shibboleth Retrieve the McGill SAML 2.0 identity provider metadata #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: McGill University Authentication Service — Shibboleth SAML…
  description: The SAML 2.0 identity provider operated by McGill University at shibboleth.mcgill.ca.
  version: '2026-08-30'
  contact:
    name: McGill IT Services
    url: https://www.mcgill.ca/it/
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-evidence: Host shibboleth.mcgill.ca is under McGill's own registrable domain and resolves to 132.216.98.81 (McGill address space, no vendor CNAME). SAML EntityDescriptor entityID is https://shibboleth.mcgill.ca/idp/shibboleth and shibmd:Scope is mcgill.ca.
  x-method: probed
  x-source: https://shibboleth.mcgill.ca/idp/shibboleth
servers:
- url: https://shibboleth.mcgill.ca
  description: McGill University Authentication Service (Shibboleth IdP)
tags:
- name: Metadata
  description: SAML 2.0 entity metadata published for relying parties and federations.
paths:
  /idp/shibboleth:
    get:
      operationId: getIdpSamlMetadata
      summary: Retrieve the McGill SAML 2.0 identity provider metadata
      description: 'Returns the SAML 2.0 EntityDescriptor for McGill University''s identity provider: signing and encryption X.509 key descriptors, the shibmd:Scope (`mcgill.ca`), the mdui:UIInfo display names in English and French, and every SingleSignOnService and SingleLogoutService binding the IdP supports. Unauthenticated; observed 200 with content-type application/xml;charset=utf-8 and an 8,995-byte body on 2026-08-30.'
      tags:
      - Metadata
      responses:
        '200':
          description: SAML 2.0 EntityDescriptor for entityID https://shibboleth.mcgill.ca/idp/shibboleth
          content:
            application/xml:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: xml
                description: SAML 2.0 metadata document (urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata EntityDescriptor containing a single IDPSSODescriptor).