# University of Liverpool Shibboleth IdP (UK Access Management Federation)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-liverpool/identity-federation/  
**Provider:** University of Liverpool — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-liverpool/  
**Base URL:** http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/urn%3Amace%3Aeduserv.org.uk%3Aathens%3Aprovider%3Aliv.ac.uk  
**Documentation:** https://www.ukfederation.org.uk/

University of Liverpool Shibboleth IdP (UK Access Management Federation) is one of 14 APIs that [University of Liverpool](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-liverpool/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Identity Federation, SAML, Shibboleth, eduGAIN, and Single Sign-On. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Institution-operated Shibboleth SAML 2.0 identity provider, registered in the UK Access Management Federation and visible in eduGAIN. entityID urn:mace:eduserv.org.uk:athens:provider:liv.ac.uk, mdui:DisplayName "University of Liverpool", scope liv.ac.uk, registrationAuthority http://ukfederation.org.uk, Sirtfi asserted. The federation MDQ service serves the metadata live — 200, 9,390 bytes — and the IdP self-publishes the same document at https://shibboleth3.liv.ac.uk/idp/shibboleth (200, application/xml). SSO endpoints run under https://shibboleth3.liv.ac.uk/idp/profile/SAML2/{Redirect,POST, POST-SimpleSign}/SSO with SLO and SAML1 SOAP artifact resolution on port 8443; the Redirect/SSO endpoint returns 400 to a parameterless GET, which is a live IdP rejecting a malformed AuthnRequest. Two non-production entities registered under the same institution (shibboleth2.liv.ac.uk "University of Liverpool (TEST do not use)" and shibboleth3.liv.ac.uk "University of Liverpool - Test") are excluded as placeholders. A federation is shared by definition; the IdP behind this entry is Liverpool's.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://www.ukfederation.org.uk/
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-liverpool/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-liverpool-conformance.yml

## Other University of Liverpool APIs (12)

- [University of Liverpool Repository OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-liverpool/repository-oai/)
- [University of Liverpool Repository EPrints REST](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-liverpool/repository-rest/)
- [DataCat Research Data Catalogue OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-liverpool/datacat-oai/)
- [University of Liverpool AD FS OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-liverpool/adfs-oauth-oidc/)
- [University of Liverpool Microsoft Entra ID tenant](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-liverpool/entra-tenant/)
- [DataCite repository membership (BL.LPOOL)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-liverpool/datacite-membership/)
- [ORCID affiliation programme (UK ORCID consortium)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-liverpool/orcid-membership/)
- [ROR organisation record (04xs57h96)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-liverpool/ror-record/)
- [Crossref membership via Liverpool University Press (member 2165)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-liverpool/crossref-membership/)
- [Library discovery (Ex Libris Alma / Primo VE tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-liverpool/library-discovery/)
- [Reading lists (Talis Aspire tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-liverpool/reading-lists/)
- [Canvas VLE and LTI 1.3 platform (Instructure tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-liverpool/vle-lti/)

## Tags

Identity Federation, SAML, Shibboleth, eduGAIN, Single Sign-On, Authentication

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