Verify users from Unicon Gateway
Unicon Gateway is a member of InCommon, 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 Unicon Gateway by having them sign in with their Unicon Gateway account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- United States
- Federation
- InCommon
Institution details
- Organization
- Unicon, Inc.
- Description
- Unicon SAML proxy gateway
- Country
- United States
- SAML Entity ID
https://unicon.fedgw.com/gateway- Federation
- InCommon
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.
- administrative
- technical
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Unicon Gateway?
Yes. Unicon Gateway participates in InCommon, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Unicon Gateway account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Unicon Gateway support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Unicon Gateway does not advertise a NameID format, so identifiers are likely to be transient (per-login). authIdentifier may be null — you can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is Unicon Gateway in?
Unicon Gateway is located in United States.
How do I verify students from Unicon Gateway?
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 Unicon Gateway. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Unicon Gateway?
Start the demo and authenticate with Unicon Gateway, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.