Verify users from City Lit
City Lit is a member of UK 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 City Lit by having them sign in with their City Lit account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Federation
- UK federation
Institution details
- Organization
- City Lit
- Description
- City Lit
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.citylit.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://federation.citylit.ac.uk/shibboleth- Federation
- UK 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.
- support
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with City Lit?
Yes. City Lit participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their City Lit account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does City Lit support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. City Lit 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 City Lit in?
City Lit is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from City Lit?
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 City Lit. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from City Lit?
Start the demo and authenticate with City Lit, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.