# Web Single Sign-On (Shibboleth)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ohio-state-university/websso/  
**Provider:** Ohio State University — https://apis.io/providers/ohio-state-university/  
**Documentation:** https://cybersecurity.osu.edu/services/web-single-sign

Web Single Sign-On (Shibboleth) is one of 3 APIs that [Ohio State University](https://apis.io/providers/ohio-state-university/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Identity, Authentication, SAML, Shibboleth, and SSO. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Institution-wide web authentication and authorization service operated by the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation, built on Shibboleth and currently supporting the SAML 2.0 standard with InCommon Federation membership. Used by campus and cloud-based applications to authenticate Ohio State name.# accounts. Intended for registered campus service owners rather than open public consumption.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://cybersecurity.osu.edu/services/web-single-sign
- **Documentation** — https://dst-docs.it.osu.edu/websso/public/faq.html

## Other Ohio State University APIs (2)

- [Knowledge Bank DSpace REST API](https://apis.io/apis/ohio-state-university/kb-rest/)
- [Knowledge Bank OAI-PMH Interface](https://apis.io/apis/ohio-state-university/kb-oai/)

## Tags

Identity, Authentication, SAML, Shibboleth, SSO

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