fetchSamlMetadataFromDiscoveryEndpoint()

API Stability	`Long-Term`

The fetchSamlMetadataFromDiscoveryEndpoint() GraphQL query field will fetch the SAML metadata from a discovery endpoint provided.

For more information on SAML, see the Configuration & Authentication with SAML documentation page. You may also want to look at Authentication & Identity Providers for related information.

Syntax

Below is the syntax for the fetchSamlMetadataFromDiscoveryEndpoint() query field:

graphql

fetchSamlMetadataFromDiscoveryEndpoint(
      discoveryEndpoint: string!
   ): SamlMetadata!

Below is an example of this query, along with requests for several return parameters:

Show:

graphql

query {
  fetchSamlMetadataFromDiscoveryEndpoint(
     discoveryEndpoint: "https://saml.company.com"
     )
  {entityID, signOnUrl, certificate}
}

shell

curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "query {
  fetchSamlMetadataFromDiscoveryEndpoint(
     discoveryEndpoint: \"https://saml.company.com\"
     )
  {entityID, signOnUrl, certificate}
}"
}
EOF

shell

curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "query {
  fetchSamlMetadataFromDiscoveryEndpoint(
     discoveryEndpoint: \"https://saml.company.com\"
     )
  {entityID, signOnUrl, certificate}
}"
}
EOF

shell

curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql ^
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" ^
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" ^
    -d @'{"query" : "query { ^
  fetchSamlMetadataFromDiscoveryEndpoint( ^
     discoveryEndpoint: \"https://saml.company.com\" ^
     ) ^
  {entityID, signOnUrl, certificate} ^
}" ^
} '

powershell

curl.exe -X POST 
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d '{"query" : "query {
  fetchSamlMetadataFromDiscoveryEndpoint(
     discoveryEndpoint: \"https://saml.company.com\"
     )
  {entityID, signOnUrl, certificate}
}"
}'
    "$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql"

perl

#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Request;
use LWP;

my $INGEST_TOKEN = "TOKEN";

my $uri = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql';

my $json = '{"query" : "query {
  fetchSamlMetadataFromDiscoveryEndpoint(
     discoveryEndpoint: \"https://saml.company.com\"
     )
  {entityID, signOnUrl, certificate}
}"
}';
my $req = HTTP::Request->new("POST", $uri );

$req->header("Authorization" => "Bearer $TOKEN");
$req->header("Content-Type" => "application/json");

$req->content( $json );

my $lwp = LWP::UserAgent->new;

my $result = $lwp->request( $req );

print $result->{"_content"},"\n";

python

#! /usr/local/bin/python3

import requests

url = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql'
mydata = r'''{"query" : "query {
  fetchSamlMetadataFromDiscoveryEndpoint(
     discoveryEndpoint: \"https://saml.company.com\"
     )
  {entityID, signOnUrl, certificate}
}"
}'''

resp = requests.post(url,
                     data = mydata,
                     headers = {
   "Authorization" : "Bearer $TOKEN",
   "Content-Type" : "application/json"
}
)

print(resp.text)

javascript

const https = require('https');

const data = JSON.stringify(
    {"query" : "query {
  fetchSamlMetadataFromDiscoveryEndpoint(
     discoveryEndpoint: \"https://saml.company.com\"
     )
  {entityID, signOnUrl, certificate}
}"
}
);


const options = {
  hostname: '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql',
  path: '/graphql',
  port: 443,
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': data.length,
    Authorization: 'BEARER ' + process.env.TOKEN,
    'User-Agent': 'Node',
  },
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`);

  res.on('data', (d) => {
    data += d;
  });
  res.on('end', () => {
    console.log(JSON.parse(data).data);
  });
});

req.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error(error);
});

req.write(data);
req.end();

Returned Datatypes

The returned datatype SamlMetadata has only a few parameters. Below is a list of them along with a description of each:

Table: SamlMetadata

Parameter	Type	Required	Stability	Description
Some arguments may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For some fields, this column indicates that a result will always be returned for this column.
Table last updated: Mar 19, 2025
`certificate`	string	yes	`Long-Term`	The SAML authentication certificate.
`entityID`	string	yes	`Long-Term`	The unique identifier of the entity.
`signOnUrl`	string	yes	`Long-Term`	The URL where the sign on page can be found.

GraphQL Queries

GraphQL API Stability

GraphQL Mutations

GraphQL Datatypes

fetchSamlMetadataFromDiscoveryEndpoint()

Syntax

Returned Datatypes

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