---
title: "SAML entity details"
source_url: https://dev.digicert.com/certcentral-apis/services-api/account/saml-entity-details.html
api_method: GET
api_endpoint: "/services/v2/account/saml-entity"
api_url: "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/account/saml-entity"
---

**GET** `https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/account/saml-entity`

Use this endpoint to get SAML entity details for your account. If no SAML entity has been set, this endpoint returns and empty JSON object.

## Example requests and responses

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X GET \
  https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/account/saml-entity \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-DC-DEVKEY: {{api_key}}'
```

**Python**

```python
import requests

url = "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/account/saml-entity"

payload = ""
headers = {
    'X-DC-DEVKEY': "{{api_key}}",
    'Content-Type': "application/json"
    }

response = requests.request("GET", url, data=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
```

**Go**

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/account/saml-entity"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-DC-DEVKEY", "{{api_key}}")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

**NodeJS**

```javascript
var request = require("request");

var options = { method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/account/saml-entity',
  headers: 
   { 'Content-Type': 'application/json',
     'X-DC-DEVKEY': '{{api_key}}' } };

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);

  console.log(body);
});
```


**200 OK**

```json
{
  "id": "11223",
  "account_id": "123456",
  "xml_metadata": "{{idp_xml_metadata}}",
  "source_url": "{{source_url}}",
  "idp_entity_id": "{{idp_entity_url}}",
  "attribute_mapping": "{\"username\":\"NameID\"}",
  "friendly_name": "Your Company, Inc.",
  "friendly_slug": "your-company-inc",
  "date_created": "2017-06-24 13:24:58",
  "last_signon_date": "2019-01-13 14:36:49",
  "username_attribute": "NameID",
  "type": "login"
}
```

**200 OK (SAML not enabled)**

```json
{}
```


## Response parameters

<table class="params-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>id</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>ID of the SAML entity.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>account_id</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Account ID.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>xml_metadata</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>SAML XML metadata gathered from the specified dynamic URL or entered manually.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>source_url</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>URL for the IdP service where XML metadata can be gathered. Returned only if a URL is being used to gather XML metadata dynamically.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>idp_entity_id</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>IdP entity URL parsed from the XML metadata.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>attribute_mapping</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Attribute used to map CertCentral users to SAML SSO users.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>friendly_name</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Display name used for your SSO sign on page. This value is also used to generate the friendly slug.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>friendly_slug</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Friendly slug version of the friendly name. This value is used to create your SAML SSO URL.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>date_created</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Timestamp of when the SAML entity was created.<br>Format:
 yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>last_signon_date</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Timestamp of the last time SAML SSO was used.<br>Format:
 yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>username_attribute</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Name of the attribute that is used to map CertCentral users to SAML SSO users.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>type</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>SAML entity type.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>