# ULB Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 metadata)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ulb/shibboleth-idp/  
**Provider:** Université libre de Bruxelles — https://apis.io/providers/ulb/  
**Base URL:** https://auth.ulb.be/idp/metadata  
**Documentation:** https://auth.ulb.be/

ULB Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 metadata) is one of 4 APIs that [Université libre de Bruxelles](https://apis.io/providers/ulb/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Identity Federation, SAML, Shibboleth, and eduGAIN. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes authentication docs.

ULB's institutional SAML 2.0 identity provider publishes complete, unauthenticated metadata at https://auth.ulb.be/idp/metadata — IDPSSODescriptor and AttributeAuthorityDescriptor roles, SingleSignOnService, SingleLogoutService and AttributeService endpoints over HTTP-Redirect, HTTP-POST, HTTP-POST-SimpleSign and SOAP bindings, shibmd:Scope ulb.be, the REFEDS Research and Scholarship entity category and the REFEDS SIRTFI assurance certification. It is the machine-readable front door to every gated ULB system and the most complete contract ULB publishes.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ulb/refs/heads/main/examples/index.yml
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ulb/refs/heads/main/authentication/ulb-authentication.yml
- **Scopes** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ulb/refs/heads/main/scopes/ulb-scopes.yml
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ulb/refs/heads/main/conformance/ulb-domain-standards.yml

## Other Université libre de Bruxelles APIs (3)

- [DI-fusion Export API](https://apis.io/apis/ulb/difusion-export/)
- [DI-fusion OAI-PMH Harvesting Endpoint](https://apis.io/apis/ulb/difusion-oai-pmh/)
- [DI-fusion OpenSearch Description](https://apis.io/apis/ulb/difusion-opensearch/)

## Tags

Identity Federation, SAML, Shibboleth, eduGAIN

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