Cal Poly
Verify users from Cal Poly
Cal Poly is a member of InCommon, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with Cal Poly by having them sign in with their Cal Poly account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- United States
- Federation
- InCommon
Institution details
- Organization
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
- Country
- United States
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.calpoly.edu/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- InCommon
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- technical
- administrative
- support
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Cal Poly?
Yes. Cal Poly participates in InCommon, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Cal Poly account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Cal Poly support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Cal Poly does not advertise a NameID format, so identifiers are likely to be transient (per-login). authIdentifier may be null — you can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is Cal Poly in?
Cal Poly is located in United States.
How do I verify students from Cal Poly?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at Cal Poly. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Cal Poly?
Start the demo and authenticate with Cal Poly, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.