SimpleSaml

This library is a helper for adding SAML service provider functionality without relying on xmerl and thus being vulnerable to atom exhaustion. It does so by using the simple_xml, which in turn uses saxy to generate a string based DOM reprsentation.

Usage

SAML Response

# Parse a SAML response.
{:ok, {root, %Assertion{} = assertion}} = SimpleSaml.parse_response(saml_response)

# Identify the IDP based on the audience within the asserion and obtain the associated parameters: issuer (e.g. "http://www.okta.com/exka5ha6bknY6Okd85d7"), audience (i.e. a fix string your application provided to the IDP), and the SAML certificate of the IDP

# SAML certificates are typically stored in PEM or Der format.  Here's an example of how to obtain the public key using the X509 library:
# Assume cert_pem contains the string contents of the certificate pem file
{:ok, cert} = X509.Certificate.from_pem(cert_pem)
public_key = X509.Certificate.public_key(cert)

# Use the public key to verify and validate
:ok = SimpleSaml.verify_and_validate_response(root, assertion, public_key)

# Validate that assertion.issuer, assertion.recipient values match your expected values for the IDP

# At this point, you're ready to use the assertion.name_id claim within your application to
# authenticate the user.

Installation

The package can be installed, via Hex, by adding simple_saml to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [
    {:simple_saml, "~> 1.0.0"}
  ]
end

Contributing

We welcome merge requests for fixing issues or expanding functionality.

Clone and compile with:

git clone https://github.com/MBXSystems/simple_saml.git
cd simple_saml
mix deps.get
mix compile

Verify that tests and linting pass with your changes.

mix test
mix lint

All code changes should be accompanied with unit tests.

License

MIT License

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