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CAEAuth Web Service

This set of web services is the core authentication method used by the rest of the CAE Web Services. All other CAE Web Services require a CAE SAML token before they can be accessed. This CAEAuth web service is used to request the CAE SAML token.

Methods

• GetSAMLTokenFromShib
• GetSAMLTokenFromUsernamePassword
• RevokeSAMLToken
• GetVerificationInfo

GetSAMLTokenFromShib

Description: This method will request a CAE SAML Token be generated on behalf of the Shibboleth assertion passed in.

Parameters:
ShibAssert
The ShibAssert is a urlencoded and then base64 encoded string of the shibboleth assertion.

Application
The Application is an optional parameter that will be used in the logging of the SOAP Request.

Example call:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:mes="http://caeapi.cae.wisc.edu/ws/messages"> <soapenv:Header/> <soapenv:Body> <mes1:GetSAMLTokenFromShibRequest xmlns:mes1="http://caeauth.cae.wisc.edu/ws/messages"> <mes1:ShibAssert>JTNDc2FtFzc2VydGlvbiUzRQ==</mes1:ShibAssert> <mes1:Application>Developer Testing</mes1:Application> </mes1:GetSAMLTokenFromShibRequest> </soapenv:Body> </soapenv:Envelope>

Test Page: GetSAMLTokenFromShib Example

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