McGill University

McGill University Status API

Identity provider operational status.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

GET /idp/status Identity provider status report #

Documentation

📖
Authentication
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mcgill/refs/heads/main/authentication/mcgill-authentication.yml

Specifications

⚙
OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mcgill/refs/heads/main/openapi/mcgill-status-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

🔗
IdentityFederation
https://shibboleth.mcgill.ca/idp/shibboleth
🔗
x-conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mcgill/refs/heads/main/conformance/mcgill-conformance.yml
🔗
x-example
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mcgill/refs/heads/main/examples/mcgill-shibboleth-idp-metadata-example.xml
🔗
Website
https://shibboleth.mcgill.ca/

Work with this as data

Every API here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for apis

7 MCP tools reach this
  • find_apisBrowse and filter every API in the catalog.
  • get_api_artifactsOne API's artifacts, grouped by type.
  • get_openapiThe primary OpenAPI for this API.
  • find_similar_apisAPIs that look like this one.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
All 92 tools →

Call it yourself

curl for this page
This API 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis/mcgill-status-api"
All apis 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis?limit=25"

Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.

Get an API key

Free tier, no form to fill in. Signing in shares your email address with us — we store it to create your key and to recognise you if you sign in with another provider. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.

GitHub Google LinkedIn

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.

OpenAPI Specification

mcgill-status-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
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: Status
  description: Identity provider operational status.
paths:
  /idp/status:
    get:
      operationId: getIdpStatus
      summary: Identity provider status report
      description: Shibboleth's operational status report. Access-restricted by network policy — observed 403 from the public internet on 2026-08-30. Documented because it is a real, declared surface of this deployment and its restriction is the finding.
      tags:
      - Status
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Plain-text status report (restricted networks only).
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
        '403':
          description: Access denied from outside permitted networks (observed).
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string