Function ParseMetadata

samlsp/fetch_metadata.go:23–50

ParseMetadata parses arbitrary SAML IDP metadata. Note: this is needed because IDP metadata is sometimes wrapped in an , and sometimes the top level element is an .

(data []byte)

// an <EntitiesDescriptor>, and sometimes the top level element is an
// <EntityDescriptor>.
func ParseMetadata(data []byte) (*saml.EntityDescriptor, error) {
	entity := &saml.EntityDescriptor{}

	if err := xrv.Validate(bytes.NewBuffer(data)); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	err := xml.Unmarshal(data, entity)

	// this comparison is ugly, but it is how the error is generated in encoding/xml
	if err != nil && err.Error() == "expected element type <EntityDescriptor> but have <EntitiesDescriptor>" {
		entities := &saml.EntitiesDescriptor{}
		if err := xml.Unmarshal(data, entities); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		for i, e := range entities.EntityDescriptors {
			if len(e.IDPSSODescriptors) > 0 {
				return &entities.EntityDescriptors[i], nil
			}
		}
		return nil, errors.New("no entity found with IDPSSODescriptor")
	}
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return entity, nil
}

// FetchMetadata returns metadata from an IDP metadata URL.
func FetchMetadata(ctx context.Context, httpClient *http.Client, metadataURL url.URL) (*saml.EntityDescriptor, error) {