eduGAIN Access Check
eduGAIN Access Check allows administrators of a Service Provider (SP) registered in eduGAIN to create test accounts with different profiles to validate the behaviour and test federated login. The test accounts can only be used to access own services.
Verify users from eduGAIN Access Check
eduGAIN Access Check is a member of Fédération Éducation-Recherche, 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 eduGAIN Access Check by having them sign in with their eduGAIN Access Check account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- France
- Federation
- Fédération Éducation-Recherche
Institution details
- Organization
- GIP RENATER
- Description
- eduGAIN Access Check allows administrators of a Service Provider (SP) registered in eduGAIN to create test accounts with different profiles to validate the behaviour and test federated login. The test accounts can only be used to access own services.
- Country
- France
- Website
- http://www.renater.fr
- SAML Entity ID
https://access-check.edugain.org/simplesaml/saml2/idp/metadata.php- Scopes
- access-check.edugain.org
- Federation
- Fédération Éducation-Recherche
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
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with eduGAIN Access Check?
Yes. eduGAIN Access Check participates in Fédération Éducation-Recherche, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their eduGAIN Access Check account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does eduGAIN Access Check support persistent identifiers?
No. eduGAIN Access Check 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 eduGAIN Access Check in?
eduGAIN Access Check is located in France.
How do I verify students from eduGAIN Access Check?
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 eduGAIN Access Check. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from eduGAIN Access Check?
Start the demo and authenticate with eduGAIN Access Check, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.