Verify users from City of Hope
City of Hope 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 City of Hope by having them sign in with their City of Hope 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
- City of Hope
- Description
- Main Idp for City of Hope
- Country
- United States
- SAML Entity ID
https://sso.coh.org/idp- 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.
- administrative
- technical
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with City of Hope?
Yes. City of Hope participates in InCommon, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their City of Hope account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does City of Hope support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. City of Hope 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 of Hope in?
City of Hope is located in United States.
How do I verify students from City of Hope?
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 of Hope. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from City of Hope?
Start the demo and authenticate with City of Hope, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.