To understand this API's various URL resources and the data it exchanges, it helps to be familiar with the following concepts:
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Social login application. Needed to add social login to Hosted Login and to create a custom provider. If you aren’t sure whether or not you have a social login application, you verify that by logging on to Console, clicking Manage Application, and looking for the
rpx_idsetting. If you can't find that setting or if the setting doesn't have a value, contact your Identity Cloud representative. -
Social login identity provider. Third-party site whose accounts are trusted by an Identity Cloud website or app. After proper configuration, a user can then log on to an Identity Cloud website by using their Facebook account or their Twitter account (Facebook and Twitter being examples of social login identity providers).
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Social login protocol. Authentication methodology used by the social login identity provider (IdP). To be configured as a custom provider, the IdP must support at least one of the following protocols:
- OAuth 2.0
- OpenID Connect
- SAML 2