CAMES
Verify users from CAMES
CAMES is a member of Burkina Faso Identity Federation, 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 CAMES by having them sign in with their CAMES account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Federation
- Burkina Faso Identity Federation
Institution details
- Organization
- CAMES
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Website
- https://www.lecames.org/
- SAML Entity ID
https://cames.fasoren.eduid.africa/saml2/idp/metadata.php- Scopes
- cames.fasoren.eduid.africa
- Federation
- Burkina Faso Identity Federation
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
- other
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with CAMES?
Yes. CAMES participates in Burkina Faso Identity Federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their CAMES account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does CAMES support persistent identifiers?
No. CAMES only advertises transient (per-login) identifiers, so authIdentifier will typically be null. You can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is CAMES in?
CAMES is located in Burkina Faso.
How do I verify students from CAMES?
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 CAMES. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from CAMES?
Start the demo and authenticate with CAMES, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.