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To configure Google SAML with AWS Amplify, you would need to do the following:

1. Create a SAML Identity Provider in the AWS Management Console.


2. Download the SAML metadata from Google, it will have the entity ID and the SSO URL.
3. In the AWS Management Console, navigate to the SAML Identity Provider you just created
and upload the metadata file you downloaded from Google.
4. In the App client settings of the User Pool, enable the SAML Identity Provider and configure
the callback URL and sign out URL to match the URLs in the metadata file.
5. In the App client settings, configure the SAML Identity Provider with the entity ID and SSO
URL from the metadata file.
6. On the client side, integrate the Amazon Cognito Identity SDK or use the AWS Amplify library
to handle the authentication flow.
7. In your app, redirect the user to the SSO URL obtained from the metadata file.
8. After the user authenticates with Google, the user will be redirected back to your app, and
you can use the Cognito Identity SDK or AWS Amplify to complete the authentication
process with the Cognito User Pool.

Note: The exact details of the configuration may vary depending on the specific version of Amplify
and the programming languages/frameworks you are using. Also, Ensure that you have the correct
permissions to configure SAML Identity Provider and also have verified domain in google.
Once you have completed the configuration steps, you can then use the Amplify library to handle the
SAML authentication flow in your app.

Here is an example of how you can use the Amplify library to authenticate a user with Google SAML
in a React app:

import { Auth } from 'aws-amplify';

function handleGoogleSAML() {
Auth.federatedSignIn({provider: 'Google'});
}

This will redirect the user to the Google SSO page, where they will be prompted to sign in with their
Google account. Once they sign in, they will be redirected back to your app and the Amplify library
will automatically complete the authentication process with the Cognito User Pool.

You can also use Amplify to check the current authentication status of a user, for example:
import { Auth } from 'aws-amplify';

async function checkAuthStatus() {


const user = await Auth.currentAuthenticatedUser();
if (user) {
console.log('User is authenticated');
} else {
console.log('User is not authenticated');
}
}}

You can also use Amplify to sign out the user and clear the authentication credentials:

import { Auth } from 'aws-amplify';

async function handleSignOut() {

await Auth.signOut();

It's important to note that, you should also set up the callback URLs in the Google API Console to
match the URLs specified in the metadata file, and also you should have verified the domain in
google. You should also test the integration thoroughly to ensure that it works as expected in all
cases and handle any errors that may occur during the authentication flow.

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