The temporary security credentials returned by this operation consist of an access
key ID, a secret access key, and a security token. Applications can use these
temporary security credentials to sign calls to AWS services. The credentials
are valid for the duration that you specified when calling CopyC#
AssumeRoleWithSAML
CopyC#
NotOnOrAfter
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The maximum duration for a session is 1 hour, and the minimum duration is 15 minutes, even if values outside this range are specified. |
Optionally, you can pass an IAM access policy to this operation. If you choose not to pass a policy, the temporary security credentials that are returned by the operation have the permissions that are defined in the access policy of the role that is being assumed. If you pass a policy to this operation, the temporary security credentials that are returned by the operation have the permissions that are allowed by both the access policy of the role that is being assumed, and the policy that you pass. This gives you a way to further restrict the permissions for the resulting temporary security credentials. You cannot use the passed policy to grant permissions that are in excess of those allowed by the access policy of the role that is being assumed. For more information, see Permissions for AssumeRoleWithSAML in Using Temporary Security Credentials.
Before your application can call CopyC#
AssumeRoleWithSAML
Calling CopyC#
AssumeRoleWithSAML
For more information, see the following resources:
- Creating Temporary Security Credentials for SAML Federation in Using Temporary Security Credentials.
- SAML Providers in Using IAM.
- Configuring a Relying Party and Claims in Using IAM.
- Creating a Role for SAML-Based Federation in Using IAM.

C# |
public AssumeRoleWithSAMLResponse AssumeRoleWithSAML( AssumeRoleWithSAMLRequest request )

- request (AssumeRoleWithSAMLRequest)
- Container for the necessary parameters to execute the AssumeRoleWithSAML service method.


Exception | Condition |
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ExpiredTokenException |
The web identity token that was passed is expired or is not valid. Get a new identity
token from the identity provider and then retry the request.
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IDPRejectedClaimException |
The identity provider (IdP) reported that authentication failed. This might be because
the claim is invalid.
If this error is returned for the |
InvalidIdentityTokenException |
The web identity token that was passed could not be validated by AWS. Get a new identity
token from the identity provider and then retry the request.
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MalformedPolicyDocumentException |
The request was rejected because the policy document was malformed. The error message
describes the specific error.
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PackedPolicyTooLargeException |
The request was rejected because the policy document was too large. The error message
describes how big the policy document is, in packed form, as a percentage of
what the API allows.
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