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Use GetSamlProvider with a CLI

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Use GetSamlProvider with a CLI - AWS Identity and Access Management

The following code examples show how to use GetSamlProvider.

CLI
AWS CLI

To retrieve the SAML provider metadocument

This example retrieves the details about the SAML 2.0 provider whose ARM is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAMLADFS. The response includes the metadata document that you got from the identity provider to create the AWS SAML provider entity as well as the creation and expiration dates.

aws iam get-saml-provider \ --saml-provider-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAMLADFS

Output:

{ "SAMLMetadataDocument": "...SAMLMetadataDocument-XML...", "CreateDate": "2017-03-06T22:29:46+00:00", "ValidUntil": "2117-03-06T22:29:46.433000+00:00", "Tags": [ { "Key": "DeptID", "Value": "123456" }, { "Key": "Department", "Value": "Accounting" } ] }

For more information, see Creating IAM SAML identity providers in the AWS IAM User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example retrieves the details about the SAML 2.0 provider whose ARM is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAMLADFS. The response includes the metadata document that you got from the identity provider to create the AWS SAML provider entity as well as the creation and expiration dates.

Get-IAMSAMLProvider -SAMLProviderArn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAMLADFS

Output:

CreateDate SAMLMetadataDocument ValidUntil ---------- -------------------- ---------- 12/23/2014 12:16:55 PM <EntityDescriptor ID="_12345678-1234-5678-9012-example1... 12/23/2114 12:16:54 PM
  • For API details, see GetSamlProvider in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

AWS CLI

To retrieve the SAML provider metadocument

This example retrieves the details about the SAML 2.0 provider whose ARM is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAMLADFS. The response includes the metadata document that you got from the identity provider to create the AWS SAML provider entity as well as the creation and expiration dates.

aws iam get-saml-provider \ --saml-provider-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAMLADFS

Output:

{ "SAMLMetadataDocument": "...SAMLMetadataDocument-XML...", "CreateDate": "2017-03-06T22:29:46+00:00", "ValidUntil": "2117-03-06T22:29:46.433000+00:00", "Tags": [ { "Key": "DeptID", "Value": "123456" }, { "Key": "Department", "Value": "Accounting" } ] }

For more information, see Creating IAM SAML identity providers in the AWS IAM User Guide.

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using this service with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.

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