IDI is announcing the End of Life for SAML Token support in our SOAP web services. In order to simplify the process of integrating to our web services this authentication method has been replaced with using Simple Web Tokens for all of IDI’s SOAP end points. For each SOAP web service there is now a ‘1xa’ version available that utilizes this simpler method of authentication. Beyond the authentication method supported, the previous 1x endpoints and the new ‘1xa’ versions will always provide identical interfaces and operations.
What this means
The End of Life for SAML Token means that IDI is setting an end date for the availability of the 1x version of the endpoints which is June 1, 2023.
Prior to this date, any existing integration to the CostGuard Web APIs that is using the SAML Token method via a 1x endpoint will need to be updated. The update must include pointing to the 1xa version of the endpoint and switching over to the Simple Web Token authentication. On June 1, 2023, any integration code that has not been updated will stop working. Customer and third-party developers should utilize the time between this notice and June 1, 2023 to update any applicable code on their end.
Any new development projects starting after June 1, 2020 should plan on utilizing the Simple Web Token method.
In addition, with the End of Life for SAML Token support comes the end of the requirement to utilize the IDI web security certificates since they are not needed with the Simple Web Token authentication method. New certificates will not be issued when the current ones expire in January 2024. Once existing integrations are updated to use the Simple Web Token authentication, validation should be done to ensure no references to the web security certificates remain.
Click here to view the original articles that referenced SAML token and 1x support as well as the original code samples.
