Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

CreateIdentityProvider

Creates an IdP for a user pool.

Note

Amazon Cognito evaluates AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies in requests for this API operation. For this operation, you must use IAM credentials to authorize requests, and you must grant yourself the corresponding IAM permission in a policy.

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Request Syntax


{
   "AttributeMapping": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   },
   "IdpIdentifiers": [ "string" ],
   "ProviderDetails": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   },
   "ProviderName": "string",
   "ProviderType": "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.

AttributeMapping

A mapping of IdP attributes to standard and custom user pool attributes.

Type: String to string map

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

Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 131072.

Required: No

IdpIdentifiers

A list of IdP identifiers.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 50 items.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 40.

Pattern: [\w\s+=.@-]+

Required: No

ProviderDetails

The IdP details. The following list describes the provider detail keys for each IdP type.

For Google and Login with Amazon:
- client_id
- client_secret
- authorize_scopes
For Facebook:
- client_id
- client_secret
- authorize_scopes
- api_version
For Sign in with Apple:
- client_id
- team_id
- key_id
- private_key
- authorize_scopes
For OpenID Connect (OIDC) providers:
- client_id
- client_secret
- attributes_request_method
- oidc_issuer
- authorize_scopes
- The following keys are only present if Amazon Cognito didn't discover them at the oidc_issuer URL.
  - authorize_url
  - token_url
  - attributes_url
  - jwks_uri
- Amazon Cognito sets the value of the following keys automatically. They are read-only.
  - attributes_url_add_attributes
For SAML providers:
- MetadataFile or MetadataURL
- IDPSignout optional

Type: String to string map

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 131072.

Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 131072.

Required: Yes

ProviderName

The IdP name.

Type: String

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

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

Required: Yes

ProviderType

The IdP type.

Type: String

Required: Yes

UserPoolId

The user pool ID.

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 newly created IdP object.

Type: IdentityProviderType object

Errors

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

DuplicateProviderException

This exception is thrown when the provider is already supported by the user pool.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalErrorException

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

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidParameterException

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

HTTP Status Code: 400

LimitExceededException

This exception is thrown when a user exceeds the limit for a requested AWS resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotAuthorizedException

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

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

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

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyRequestsException

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

HTTP Status Code: 400