AWS.Cognito
Amazon Cognito
Amazon Cognito is a web service that delivers scoped temporary credentials to mobile devices and other untrusted environments. Amazon Cognito uniquely identifies a device and supplies the user with a consistent identity over the lifetime of an application.
Using Amazon Cognito, you can enable authentication with one or more third-party identity providers (Facebook, Google, or Login with Amazon), and you can also choose to support unauthenticated access from your app. Cognito delivers a unique identifier for each user and acts as an OpenID token provider trusted by AWS Security Token Service (STS) to access temporary, limited-privilege AWS credentials.
To provide end-user credentials, first make an unsigned call to GetId
. If
the end user is authenticated with one of the supported identity providers,
set the Logins
map with the identity provider token. GetId
returns a
unique identifier for the user.
Next, make an unsigned call to GetCredentialsForIdentity
. This call
expects the same Logins
map as the GetId
call, as well as the
IdentityID
originally returned by GetId
. Assuming your identity pool
has been configured via the SetIdentityPoolRoles
operation,
GetCredentialsForIdentity
will return AWS credentials for your use. If
your pool has not been configured with SetIdentityPoolRoles
, or if you
want to follow legacy flow, make an unsigned call to GetOpenIdToken
,
which returns the OpenID token necessary to call STS and retrieve AWS
credentials. This call expects the same Logins
map as the GetId
call,
as well as the IdentityID
originally returned by GetId
. The token
returned by GetOpenIdToken
can be passed to the STS operation
AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity
to retrieve AWS credentials.
If you want to use Amazon Cognito in an Android, iOS, or Unity application, you will probably want to make API calls via the AWS Mobile SDK. To learn more, see the AWS Mobile SDK Developer Guide.
Summary
Functions
Creates a new identity pool. The identity pool is a store of user identity information that is specific to your AWS account. The limit on identity pools is 60 per account. You must use AWS Developer credentials to call this API
Deletes identities from an identity pool. You can specify a list of 1-60 identities that you want to delete
Deletes a user pool. Once a pool is deleted, users will not be able to authenticate with the pool
Returns metadata related to the given identity, including when the identity was created and any associated linked logins
Gets details about a particular identity pool, including the pool name, ID description, creation date, and current number of users
Returns credentials for the the provided identity ID. Any provided logins will be validated against supported login providers. If the token is for cognito-identity.amazonaws.com, it will be passed through to AWS Security Token Service with the appropriate role for the token
Generates (or retrieves) a Cognito ID. Supplying multiple logins will create an implicit linked account
Gets the roles for an identity pool
Gets an OpenID token, using a known Cognito ID. This known Cognito ID is
returned by GetId
. You can optionally add additional logins for the
identity. Supplying multiple logins creates an implicit link
Registers (or retrieves) a Cognito IdentityId
and an OpenID Connect token
for a user authenticated by your backend authentication process. Supplying
multiple logins will create an implicit linked account. You can only
specify one developer provider as part of the Logins
map, which is linked
to the identity pool. The developer provider is the “domain” by which
Cognito will refer to your users
Lists the identities in a pool
Lists all of the Cognito identity pools registered for your account
Retrieves the IdentityID
associated with a DeveloperUserIdentifier
or
the list of DeveloperUserIdentifier
s associated with an IdentityId
for
an existing identity. Either IdentityID
or DeveloperUserIdentifier
must
not be null. If you supply only one of these values, the other value will
be searched in the database and returned as a part of the response. If you
supply both, DeveloperUserIdentifier
will be matched against
IdentityID
. If the values are verified against the database, the response
returns both values and is the same as the request. Otherwise a
ResourceConflictException
is thrown
Merges two users having different IdentityId
s, existing in the same
identity pool, and identified by the same developer provider. You can use
this action to request that discrete users be merged and identified as a
single user in the Cognito environment. Cognito associates the given source
user (SourceUserIdentifier
) with the IdentityId
of the
DestinationUserIdentifier
. Only developer-authenticated users can be
merged. If the users to be merged are associated with the same public
provider, but as two different users, an exception will be thrown
Sets the roles for an identity pool. These roles are used when making calls
to GetCredentialsForIdentity
action
Unlinks a DeveloperUserIdentifier
from an existing identity. Unlinked
developer users will be considered new identities next time they are seen.
If, for a given Cognito identity, you remove all federated identities as
well as the developer user identifier, the Cognito identity becomes
inaccessible
Unlinks a federated identity from an existing account. Unlinked logins will be considered new identities next time they are seen. Removing the last linked login will make this identity inaccessible
Updates a user pool
Functions
Creates a new identity pool. The identity pool is a store of user identity information that is specific to your AWS account. The limit on identity pools is 60 per account. You must use AWS Developer credentials to call this API.
Deletes identities from an identity pool. You can specify a list of 1-60 identities that you want to delete.
You must use AWS Developer credentials to call this API.
Deletes a user pool. Once a pool is deleted, users will not be able to authenticate with the pool.
You must use AWS Developer credentials to call this API.
Returns metadata related to the given identity, including when the identity was created and any associated linked logins.
You must use AWS Developer credentials to call this API.
Gets details about a particular identity pool, including the pool name, ID description, creation date, and current number of users.
You must use AWS Developer credentials to call this API.
Returns credentials for the the provided identity ID. Any provided logins will be validated against supported login providers. If the token is for cognito-identity.amazonaws.com, it will be passed through to AWS Security Token Service with the appropriate role for the token.
This is a public API. You do not need any credentials to call this API.
Generates (or retrieves) a Cognito ID. Supplying multiple logins will create an implicit linked account.
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This is a public API. You do not need any credentials to call this API.
Gets the roles for an identity pool.
You must use AWS Developer credentials to call this API.
Gets an OpenID token, using a known Cognito ID. This known Cognito ID is
returned by GetId
. You can optionally add additional logins for the
identity. Supplying multiple logins creates an implicit link.
The OpenId token is valid for 15 minutes.
This is a public API. You do not need any credentials to call this API.
Registers (or retrieves) a Cognito IdentityId
and an OpenID Connect token
for a user authenticated by your backend authentication process. Supplying
multiple logins will create an implicit linked account. You can only
specify one developer provider as part of the Logins
map, which is linked
to the identity pool. The developer provider is the “domain” by which
Cognito will refer to your users.
You can use GetOpenIdTokenForDeveloperIdentity
to create a new identity
and to link new logins (that is, user credentials issued by a public
provider or developer provider) to an existing identity. When you want to
create a new identity, the IdentityId
should be null. When you want to
associate a new login with an existing authenticated/unauthenticated
identity, you can do so by providing the existing IdentityId
. This API
will create the identity in the specified IdentityPoolId
.
You must use AWS Developer credentials to call this API.
Lists the identities in a pool.
You must use AWS Developer credentials to call this API.
Lists all of the Cognito identity pools registered for your account.
This is a public API. You do not need any credentials to call this API.
Retrieves the IdentityID
associated with a DeveloperUserIdentifier
or
the list of DeveloperUserIdentifier
s associated with an IdentityId
for
an existing identity. Either IdentityID
or DeveloperUserIdentifier
must
not be null. If you supply only one of these values, the other value will
be searched in the database and returned as a part of the response. If you
supply both, DeveloperUserIdentifier
will be matched against
IdentityID
. If the values are verified against the database, the response
returns both values and is the same as the request. Otherwise a
ResourceConflictException
is thrown.
You must use AWS Developer credentials to call this API.
Merges two users having different IdentityId
s, existing in the same
identity pool, and identified by the same developer provider. You can use
this action to request that discrete users be merged and identified as a
single user in the Cognito environment. Cognito associates the given source
user (SourceUserIdentifier
) with the IdentityId
of the
DestinationUserIdentifier
. Only developer-authenticated users can be
merged. If the users to be merged are associated with the same public
provider, but as two different users, an exception will be thrown.
You must use AWS Developer credentials to call this API.
Sets the roles for an identity pool. These roles are used when making calls
to GetCredentialsForIdentity
action.
You must use AWS Developer credentials to call this API.
Unlinks a DeveloperUserIdentifier
from an existing identity. Unlinked
developer users will be considered new identities next time they are seen.
If, for a given Cognito identity, you remove all federated identities as
well as the developer user identifier, the Cognito identity becomes
inaccessible.
This is a public API. You do not need any credentials to call this API.
Unlinks a federated identity from an existing account. Unlinked logins will be considered new identities next time they are seen. Removing the last linked login will make this identity inaccessible.
This is a public API. You do not need any credentials to call this API.