Create a new SAML provider

post

Authorizations

user

AuthorizationstringRequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.

Path parameters

organizationIdstringRequired

A unique entity identifier

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$

Body

application/json

labelstring · min: 1 · max: 30Required

entityIDstring · max: 1024Optional

certificatestring · max: 10000Optional

ssoURLstring · uri · max: 2048Optional

defaultTeamstringOptional

defaultRolestring · enum · nullableOptional

The role of a member in an organization, null for guests

Possible values:

Responses

201

SAML Provider created

application/json

post/orgs/{organizationId}/saml

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /v1/orgs/{organizationId}/saml HTTP/1.1
Host: api.gitbook.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 129

{
  "label": "text",
  "entityID": "text",
  "certificate": "text",
  "ssoURL": "https://example.com",
  "defaultTeam": "text",
  "defaultRole": "admin"
}

201

SAML Provider created

{
  "object": "saml-provider",
  "id": "text",
  "label": "text",
  "ssoURL": "https://example.com",
  "entityID": "text",
  "certificate": "text",
  "defaultTeam": {
    "object": "team",
    "id": "text",
    "title": "text",
    "members": 1,
    "spaces": 1,
    "createdAt": "2026-07-21T20:33:40.050Z",
    "permissions": {
      "admin": true,
      "view": true
    }
  },
  "defaultRole": "admin",
  "createdAt": "2026-07-21T20:33:40.050Z",
  "status": "active",
  "service": {
    "acsURL": "https://example.com",
    "startURL": "https://example.com",
    "entityID": "text"
  },
  "urls": {
    "location": "https://example.com"
  }
}