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CloudSSO:ListExternalSAMLIdPCertificates

Last Updated:Aug 28, 2026

Queries the SAML signing certificates of an IdP.

Operation description

The following example queries the SAML signing certificates in the directory d-00fc2p61****. The response shows that the directory contains one SAML signing certificate.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

cloudsso:ListExternalSAMLIdPCertificates

list

*Directory

acs:cloudsso:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:directory/{#DirectoryId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

DirectoryId

string

Yes

The ID of the directory.

d-00fc2p61****

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response parameters.

RequestId

string

The request ID.

400979BC-92EC-58B9-B47C-6913BD56A6FD

TotalCounts

integer

The total number of entries returned.

1

SAMLIdPCertificates

array<object>

The SAML signing certificates.

object

The SAML signing certificate.

SerialNumber

string

The serial number of the certificate.

159289587****

Issuer

string

The issuer of the certificate.

1.2.840.113549.1.9.1=#160d696e666f406f6b74612e63****,CN=dev-xxxxxx,OU=SSOProvider,O=Okta,L=San Francisco,ST=California,C=US

Version

integer

The version of the certificate.

3

CertificateId

string

The ID of the certificate.

idp-c-00dt9gnl7fmjaw9c****

PublicKey

string

The Base64-encoded public key certificate in PEM format.

MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG****

SignatureAlgorithm

string

The signature algorithm of the certificate.

SHA256withRSA

NotAfter

string

The time when the certificate expires.

2030-06-23T07:04:37Z

NotBefore

string

The time when the certificate was created.

2020-06-23T07:03:37Z

Subject

string

The subject of the certificate.

1.2.840.113549.1.9.1=#160d696e666f406f6b74612e63****,CN=dev-xxxxxx,OU=SSOProvider,O=Okta,L=San Francisco,ST=California,C=US

X509Certificate

string

The X.509 certificate in the PEM format.

MIIDpDCCAoygAwIBAgIG****

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "400979BC-92EC-58B9-B47C-6913BD56A6FD",
  "TotalCounts": 1,
  "SAMLIdPCertificates": [
    {
      "SerialNumber": "159289587****",
      "Issuer": "1.2.840.113549.1.9.1=#160d696e666f406f6b74612e63****,CN=dev-xxxxxx,OU=SSOProvider,O=Okta,L=San Francisco,ST=California,C=US",
      "Version": 3,
      "CertificateId": "idp-c-00dt9gnl7fmjaw9c****",
      "PublicKey": "MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG****",
      "SignatureAlgorithm": "SHA256withRSA",
      "NotAfter": "2030-06-23T07:04:37Z",
      "NotBefore": "2020-06-23T07:03:37Z",
      "Subject": "1.2.840.113549.1.9.1=#160d696e666f406f6b74612e63****,CN=dev-xxxxxx,OU=SSOProvider,O=Okta,L=San Francisco,ST=California,C=US",
      "X509Certificate": "MIIDpDCCAoygAwIBAgIG****"
    }
  ]
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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