ecp-get-cookie

Authenticate and store session cookies.

ecp-get-cookie queries a SAML/ECP-enabled service, automatically performing authentication where required, and saves cookies to use in future requests to the same service.

There are two usages:

$ ecp-get-cookie -i ‘My Institution’ -u jsmith https://campus01.edu/my/secret/page

to authenticate with a password prompt, or

$ ecp-get-cookie -i ‘My Institution’ -k https://campus01.edu/my/secret/page

to reuse an existing kerberos (kinit) credential.

By default the cookie file is created and stored in a location defined by either

/tmp/ecpcookie.u{uid} (Unix), or
C:\Windows\Temp\ecpcookie.{username} (Windows)

Usage: ecp-get-cookie [-i IDENTITY_PROVIDER] [-k] [-u USERNAME] [-h] [-l] [-V]
                      [-c cookiefile] [-d] [-r] [-v] [-X]
                      URL

Required arguments

URL: service URL for which to generate cookies

Authentication options

-i, --identity-provider

name of institution providing the identity (e.g. ‘Cardiff University’), or domain name of IdP host (e.g. idp.cf.ac.uk), see –list-idps for a list of Identity Provider (IdPs) and their IdP URL. Shortened institution names (e.g. ‘Cardiff’) can be given as long as they uniquely match a full institution name known by CILogon

-k, --kerberos

enable kerberos negotiation

Default: False

-u, --username

authentication username, will be prompted for if not given and not using –kerberos

Other options

-c, --cookiefile

cookie file to create/reuse/destroy

Default: '/tmp/ecpcookie.u1005'

-d, --debug

write debug output to stdout (implies –verbose)

Default: False

-r, --reuse

reuse existing cookies if possible

Default: False

-v, --verbose

write verbose output to stdout

Default: False

-X, --destroy

destroy existing cookie file

Default: False

Helper arguments

-l, --list-idps: show IdP names and URLs and exit
-V, --version: show program’s version number and exit