What should go into the "Issuer" field?

[chtenb]

In the sample code when creating a authentication request, the issuer is set to the application URL.

    var request = new AuthRequest(
        "http://www.myapp.com", //TODO: put your app's "unique ID" here
        "http://www.myapp.com/SamlConsume" //TODO: put Assertion Consumer URL (where the provider should redirect users after authenticating)
        );

I've noticed that when I leave this empty, everything seems to "just work". What is the purpose of this field?

[alex-jitbit]

It's an informational field that defines your app uniquely. It might work, but it makes it hard to look through the logs afterwards.

[chtenb]

Thanks!

[chtenb]

This is also commonly referred to as "entity ID", correct?

[alex-jitbit]

Yes, correct. We should probably rename that field to remove confusion