Modifies information about an identity provider (IdP) for role-based SSO.

This topic provides an example on how to change the description of an IdP named test-provider to This is a new provider.

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Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes UpdateSAMLProvider

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to UpdateSAMLProvider.

SAMLProviderName String Yes test-provider

The name of the IdP whose information you want to modify.

NewDescription String No This is a new provider.

The new description.

Note You must specify at least one of the NewDescription and NewEncodedSAMLMetadataDocument parameters.
NewEncodedSAMLMetadataDocument String No PD94bWwgdmVy****

The new metadata file.

Note You must specify at least one of the NewDescription and NewEncodedSAMLMetadataDocument parameters.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String E5EDDFD2-3654-4F9F-9780-4AE7D81823EF

The ID of the request.

SAMLProvider Object

The information about the IdP.

UpdateDate String 2020-10-22T02:51:20Z

The point in time at which the information about the IdP was modified. The time is displayed in UTC.

Description String This is a new provider.

The description of the IdP.

SAMLProviderName String test-provider

The name of the IdP.

CreateDate String 2020-10-22T02:37:05Z

The point in time at which the IdP was created. The time is displayed in UTC.

Arn String acs:ram::177242285274****:saml-provider/test-provider

The Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) of the IdP.

Examples

Sample requests

https://[Endpoint]/?Action=UpdateSAMLProvider
&SAMLProviderName=test-provider
&NewDescription=This is a new provider.
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/xml

<UpdateSAMLProviderResponse>
        <RequestId>E5EDDFD2-3654-4F9F-9780-4AE7D81823EF</RequestId>
        <SAMLProvider>
                <UpdateDate>2020-10-22T02:51:20Z</UpdateDate>
                <SAMLProviderName>test-provider</SAMLProviderName>
                <Description>This is a new provider.</Description>
                <Arn>acs:ram::177242285274****:saml-provider/test-provider</Arn>
                <CreateDate>2020-10-22T02:37:05Z</CreateDate>
        </SAMLProvider>
</UpdateSAMLProviderResponse>

JSON format 

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/json

{
  "RequestId" : "E5EDDFD2-3654-4F9F-9780-4AE7D81823EF",
  "SAMLProvider" : {
    "UpdateDate" : "2020-10-22T02:51:20Z",
    "SAMLProviderName" : "test-provider",
    "Description" : "This is a new provider.",
    "Arn" : "acs:ram::177242285274****:saml-provider/test-provider",
    "CreateDate" : "2020-10-22T02:37:05Z"
  }
}

Error codes

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