Initial preparations
- Sign up to the Signicat Dashboard.
- Create a production account and add a domain to this account, as described in the Initial setup instructions for the Dashboard.
We recommend you to create a sandbox account to test our services before implementing them in production.
Add Swedish BankID
Once your Dashboard account is configured, you must add Swedish BankID to the list of supported ID methods.
Before you can add Swedish BankID in the Dashboard, you must configure access with an onboarding manager. To get help with this, please contact us.
To add Swedish BankID:
- In the Signicat Dashboard, go to eID Hub > ID Methods.
- Click Add new.
- Choose Swedish BankID in the list and click Save. and click Save.
Select a protocol
To establish a connection between Signicat's BankID implementation and your application, you need to use a standard authentication protocol.
Signicat supports the standard OIDC and SAML 2.0 protocols. In addition, we offer the Signicat Authentication REST API.
Choice of protocol depends on what you prefer and what you want to achieve. The Authentication REST API gives you a lot of flexibility and is easy to set up. Between the other two, we recommend using OIDC, since SAML 2.0 is much more complex to implement on your side and usually requires a federation agent already in place. OIDC is industry standard and you do not need to manage user sessions on your own (like with the Authentication REST API).
For more information about the different protocol types, see the Signicat eID Hub documentation.
Next steps
Continue the integration with your chosen authentication protocol: