5. Error and other Messages Reference

fatal.divMissing

Text: <div> specified as "insertAtDiv" could not be located in the HTML

The html page hosting the EDS has to include a named <div> and that name should be passed to the EDS code.

<div id="idpSelect">

This error indicates that name supplied in the idp_config.js file does not exist.

fatal.noData

Text: Metadata download returned no data.

This error indicates that the XMLHttpRequest get returned no data at all. It it more likely to be browser deficiency than a configuration one.

fatal.loadFailed

Text: Failed to download metadata from 'SourceURL'

This indicates that the JSON source could not be located at the supplied location. This will usually mean an incorrectly specified dataSource.

fatal.noXMLHttpRequest

Text: Browser does not support XMLHttpRequest, unable to load IdP selection data

This error indicates that the browser is not sufficiently modern.

fatal.wrongProtocol

Text: Policy supplied to DS was not "urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:profiles:SSO:idpdiscovery-protocol:single"

The EDS only supports the default protocol version of the IdP Discovery Protocol. The SP is trying to use a different version.

fatal.wrongEntityId

Text: entityId supplied by SP did not match configuration.

If myEntityId is specified in idpselect_config.js then the EDS comparies this value with the entity ID supplied as part of the IdP Discovery Protocol and throws this error if they do not match.

fatal.noparms

Text: No parameters to discovery session and no defaultReturn parameter configured

Unless myEntityId and defaultReturn is supplied in the idpselect_config.js, then the EDS needs to be approached using the IdP Discovery Protocol. This error is thrown in case where neither is true.

fatal.noReturnURL

Text: No URL return parameter provided

Some of the Discovery Protocol was supplied to the EDS, but this did not include a return address.

fatal.badReturnString ^1.2.1

Text: Return parameter is not whitelisted

The return address supplied was not permitted based on the configured set of allowable locations.

The following labels are used to supply text to the IdP display (as described in section 3.3 Internationalization). In general is is easier to inspect a deployed EDS to see where each is used. Howevere, for completeness the following labels are used:

idpPreferred.label

Text: Use a preferred selection:

Used to precede any list of previous selected or preferred IdPs

idpEntry.label

Text: Or enter your organization's name

Use after the previously selected IdPs (no drop down)

idpEntry.NoPreferred.label

Text: Enter your organization's name

Used if there is no previously selected (or preferred) IdPs

idpList.label

Text: Or select your organization from the list below

Used after the previously selected IdPs if there is a drop down and previous selections/preferred IdPs

idpList.NoPreferred.label

Text: Select your organization from the list below

Used after the previously selected IdPs if there is a drop down and no previous selections/preferred IdPs

idpList.defaultOptionLabel

Text: Please select your organization...
This forms the first line of the drop down list.

idpList.showList

Text: Allow me to pick from a list

This is the 'hyperlink' that switches input style between data entry and the dropdown.

idpList.showSearch

Text: Allow me to specify the site

This is the 'hyperlink' that switches input style between the dropdown and data entry.

submitButton.label

Text: Continue

The text on the selection button.

helpText

Text: Help

The hyperlink which dispatches to the help page.

defaultLogoAlt

Text: DefaultLogo

The 'alt text' associated with the default logo.