# UQ Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 / Shibboleth)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/uq/identity-federation/  
**Provider:** University of Queensland — https://apis.io/providers/uq/  
**Base URL:** https://idp-prod.uq.edu.au  
**Documentation:** https://idp-prod.uq.edu.au/idp/shibboleth

UQ Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 / Shibboleth) is one of 7 APIs that [University of Queensland](https://apis.io/providers/uq/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Identity, SAML, Shibboleth, Federation, and eduGAIN. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

UQ operates a SAML 2.0 Shibboleth identity provider, entityID urn:mace:federation.org.au:testfed:uq.edu.au, with SSO endpoints for the HTTP-Redirect, HTTP-POST and HTTP-POST-SimpleSign bindings. The entity is present in the live Australian Access Federation aggregate (360 entities) together with 27 UQ-operated service providers, giving UQ eduGAIN reach. Institution-operated by definition and machine-readable — this is the most substantial standards conformance UQ holds.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **x-conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/uq/refs/heads/main/conformance/uq-conformance.yml
- **Documentation** — https://idp-prod.uq.edu.au/idp/shibboleth
- **x-federation-metadata** — https://md.aaf.edu.au/aaf-metadata.xml

## Other University of Queensland APIs (6)

- [UQ Status API](https://apis.io/apis/uq/status-api/)
- [UQ eSpace REST API](https://apis.io/apis/uq/espace-api/)
- [Central Integration Platform](https://apis.io/apis/uq/central-integration/)
- [Queensland Government Open Data Portal (UQ organisation)](https://apis.io/apis/uq/qld-open-data/)
- [UQ Library discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/uq/library-discovery/)
- [UQ Reading Lists (Talis Aspire tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/uq/reading-lists/)

## Tags

Identity, SAML, Shibboleth, Federation, eduGAIN, AAF

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/uq/identity-federation/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/uq/.