South African Theological Seminary
Authenticate SATS users to third-party services
Verify users from South African Theological Seminary
South African Theological Seminary 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 Theological Seminary by having them sign in with their South African Theological Seminary 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 Theological Seminary
- Description
- Authenticate SATS users to third-party services
- Country
- South Africa
- SAML Entity ID
https://proxy.safire.ac.za/birk.php/sso.sats.edu.za/- 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.
- support
- technical
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with South African Theological Seminary?
Yes. South African Theological Seminary participates in SAFIRE, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their South African Theological Seminary account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does South African Theological Seminary support persistent identifiers?
No. South African Theological Seminary 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 Theological Seminary in?
South African Theological Seminary is located in South Africa.
How do I verify students from South African Theological Seminary?
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 Theological Seminary. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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