pp108 : SAML Assertion Request

SAML Assertion Request
This topic contains a sample request for SAML assertion.
The following code is a sample authentication request to get a SAML artifact and a SAML assertion. 
<SOAP:Envelope xmlns:SOAP="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <SOAP:Header>
        <wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
            <wsse:UsernameToken xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
                <wsse:Username>username</wsse:Username>
                <wsse:Password>password</wsse:Password>
            </wsse:UsernameToken>
        </wsse:Security>
        <header xmlns="http://schemas.cordys.com/General/1.0/">
            <Logger xmlns="http://schemas.cordys.com/General/1.0/"/>
        </header>
    </SOAP:Header>
    <SOAP:Body>
        <samlp:Request IssueInstant="2010-05-03T06:53:51Z"
            MajorVersion="1" MinorVersion="1"
            RequestID="aa23159489-0126-1853-28ca-d7024556c36" xmlns:samlp="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:protocol">
            <samlp:AuthenticationQuery>
                <saml:Subject xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:assertion">
                    <saml:NameIdentifier Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:unspecified">username</saml:NameIdentifier>
                </saml:Subject>
            </samlp:AuthenticationQuery>
        </samlp:Request>
    </SOAP:Body>
</SOAP:Envelope>

For more information about how to use SAML assertion and SAML artifacts see

How to use SAML artifacts

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