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Create an IdP federation grant

POST/accounts/{account_id}/access/idp_federation_grants

Creates an IdP federation grant for the specified identity provider, making it available for federation to other accounts in the same Cloudflare organization.

The account must belong to a Cloudflare organization. One-time pin and Cloudflare-managed identity providers cannot be federated. An account can federate at most five identity providers at a time.

Security
API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
Path ParametersExpand Collapse
account_id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32
Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
idp_id: string

UID of the identity provider to federate. Must be an existing identity provider in this account. One-time pin and Cloudflare-managed identity providers cannot be federated.

formatuuid
ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
message: string
documentation_url: optional string
source: optional object { pointer }
pointer: optional string
messages: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
message: string
documentation_url: optional string
source: optional object { pointer }
pointer: optional string
success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

result: optional IdPFederationGrant { id, idp_id }
id: string

UID of the IdP federation grant.

maxLength32
idp_id: string

UID of the identity provider being federated.

formatuuid

Create an IdP federation grant

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/access/idp_federation_grants \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "idp_id": "a79de439-0e7f-4ebb-8a02-222222222222"
        }'
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    "created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
    "idp_id": "a79de439-0e7f-4ebb-8a02-222222222222"
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    "created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
    "idp_id": "a79de439-0e7f-4ebb-8a02-222222222222"
  }
}