SSO authentication with the SOAP API

Fabrice Mercier · July 2023

We use the LogOnWithExternalProvider method of the SOAP API to authenticate Panopto users on our all-in-one video recording studio solution.

It works well, but when the user is not known to Panopto, for example, due to a misspelling of the user key, they are automatically created.

Is there is a way to avoid the creation of an unknown user through this method or is there a way to check beforehand if a user already exists in the Panopto database? (If possible, using only the credentials of the identity provider)

Kevin Norman · August 2023

Hi Fabrice,

If the user making the check is an admin they can use the IUserManagement.GetUserByKey endpoint to check if a user exists. Hopefully this helps and can do what you need it to do.

https://support.panopto.com/resource/APIDocumentation/Help/html/aa0bc5c5-e518-2fe4-d390-651f1ab36c2f.htm

Thanks,

Kevin

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SSO authentication with the SOAP API

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