FasoREN
Verify users from FasoREN
FasoREN 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 FasoREN by having them sign in with their FasoREN 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
- FasoREN
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Website
- https://fasoren.bf
- SAML Entity ID
https://fasorenstaff.fasoren.eduid.africa/saml2/idp/metadata.php- Scopes
- fasorenstaff.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
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Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with FasoREN?
Yes. FasoREN participates in Burkina Faso Identity Federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their FasoREN account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does FasoREN support persistent identifiers?
No. FasoREN 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 FasoREN in?
FasoREN is located in Burkina Faso.
How do I verify students from FasoREN?
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 FasoREN. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from FasoREN?
Start the demo and authenticate with FasoREN, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.