Verify users from HKAF Virtual Home
HKAF Virtual Home is a member of HKAF, 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 HKAF Virtual Home by having them sign in with their HKAF Virtual Home account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Federation
- HKAF
Institution details
- Organization
- Hong Kong Access Federation
- Description
- HKAF Virtual Home
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Website
- http://www.hkaf.edu.hk
- SAML Entity ID
https://vh.hkaf.edu.hk/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- HKAF
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 HKAF Virtual Home?
Yes. HKAF Virtual Home participates in HKAF, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their HKAF Virtual Home account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does HKAF Virtual Home support persistent identifiers?
No. HKAF Virtual Home 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 HKAF Virtual Home in?
HKAF Virtual Home is located in Hong Kong.
How do I verify students from HKAF Virtual Home?
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 HKAF Virtual Home. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from HKAF Virtual Home?
Start the demo and authenticate with HKAF Virtual Home, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.