Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

DescribeIdentityProvider

Given a user pool ID and identity provider (IdP) name, returns details about the IdP.

Request Syntax


{
   "ProviderName": "string",
   "UserPoolId": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

ProviderName

The name of the IdP that you want to describe.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 32.

Pattern: [\p{L}\p{M}\p{S}\p{N}\p{P}\p{Z}]+

Required: Yes

UserPoolId

The ID of the user pool that has the IdP that you want to describe..

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 55.

Pattern: [\w-]+_[0-9a-zA-Z]+

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{
   "IdentityProvider": { 
      "AttributeMapping": { 
         "string" : "string" 
      },
      "CreationDate": number,
      "IdpIdentifiers": [ "string" ],
      "LastModifiedDate": number,
      "ProviderDetails": { 
         "string" : "string" 
      },
      "ProviderName": "string",
      "ProviderType": "string",
      "UserPoolId": "string"
   }
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

IdentityProvider

The details of the requested IdP.

Type: IdentityProviderType object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InternalErrorException

This exception is thrown when Amazon Cognito encounters an internal error.

message: The message returned when Amazon Cognito throws an internal error exception.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidParameterException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service encounters an invalid parameter.

message: The message returned when the Amazon Cognito service throws an invalid parameter exception.
reasonCode: The reason code of the exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotAuthorizedException

This exception is thrown when a user isn't authorized.

message: The message returned when the Amazon Cognito service returns a not authorized exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service can't find the requested resource.

message: The message returned when the Amazon Cognito service returns a resource not found exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyRequestsException

This exception is thrown when the user has made too many requests for a given operation.

message: The message returned when the Amazon Cognito service returns a too many requests exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

The following example request describes a Google IdP.

Sample Request


POST HTTP/1.1
Host: cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
X-Amz-Date: 20230613T200059Z
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
X-Amz-Target: AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.DescribeIdentityProvider
User-Agent: <UserAgentString>
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=<Credential>, SignedHeaders=<Headers>, Signature=<Signature>
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
{
   "ProviderName": "Google",
   "UserPoolId": "us-west-2_EXAMPLE"
}

Sample Response


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:00:59 GMT
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.0
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
x-amzn-requestid: a1b2c3d4-e5f6-a1b2-c3d4-EXAMPLE11111
Connection: keep-alive
{
	"IdentityProvider": {
		"AttributeMapping": {
			"email": "email",
			"username": "sub"
		},
		"CreationDate": 1635187122.265,
		"IdpIdentifiers": [],
		"LastModifiedDate": 1697051749.303,
		"ProviderDetails": {
			"attributes_url": "https://people.googleapis.com/v1/people/me?personFields=",
			"attributes_url_add_attributes": "true",
			"authorize_scopes": "email profile openid",
			"authorize_url": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth",
			"client_id": "[client ID].apps.googleusercontent.com",
			"client_secret": "[client secret]",
			"oidc_issuer": "https://accounts.google.com",
			"token_request_method": "POST",
			"token_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token"
		},
		"ProviderName": "Google",
		"ProviderType": "Google",
		"UserPoolId": "us-west-2_EXAMPLE"
	}
}