South African Medical Research Council
South African Medical Research Council
Verify users from South African Medical Research Council
South African Medical Research Council is a member of SAFIRE, 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 South African Medical Research Council by having them sign in with their South African Medical Research Council account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- South Africa
- Federation
- SAFIRE
Institution details
- Organization
- South African Medical Research Council
- Description
- South African Medical Research Council
- Country
- South Africa
- SAML Entity ID
https://proxy.safire.ac.za/birk.php/sts.windows.net/f1930bff-9b51-4d0c-b2bd-c26a9e0f4600/- Federation
- SAFIRE
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
- support
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with South African Medical Research Council?
Yes. South African Medical Research Council participates in SAFIRE, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their South African Medical Research Council account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does South African Medical Research Council support persistent identifiers?
No. South African Medical Research Council 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 South African Medical Research Council in?
South African Medical Research Council is located in South Africa.
How do I verify students from South African Medical Research Council?
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 South African Medical Research Council. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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