Pre-authentication allows patrons (students and teachers) to connect directly from another web application such as a learning management system or LibGuides into Infiniti or LibPaths without requiring the person to login to Infiniti.
Go to: Settings
> Display > Pre-authenticated Display
Configure Pre-Authentication
Note: Pre-authentication allows the library manager to determine who will be able to create dynamic pre-authenticated links to your Infiniti catalogue or LibPaths portals from other applications. Pre-authenticated connections are anonymous (anyone can click on the link) and are ideal when Single Sign On (SSO) is not available or for quickly sharing with a person not authenticated into your network.
- Who Can Create Anonymous Access Links:
- No one - feature disabled - you will not be using pre-authenticated links.
- Librarian - anyone with Librarian privileges.
- Librarians and Staff - anyone enabled as a staff member.
- Anyone - any registered student or teacher.
- Anonymous Users Are Treated As - choose an active generic user account that will determine which catalogue resources will be available to anyone who clicks the pre-authenticated link. Note: The only user accounts that will list here are those with profiles registered as a generic user profile and the account selected will determine what library resources the pre-authenticated link will display.
- Anonymous Link Access Token - will generate automatically. Note: This token is important for your security.
- regenerate this token for links other than portal links and re-embed the new links as necessary. Note: If you believe that the pre-authenticated links have been compromised you can regenerate the token and apply it to each link currently in use.
How To Generate Pre-authenticated Links
- Ensure Adit has been enabled. Note: Adit provides a way to allow guest or anonymous users to connect to your library catalogue without being authenticated.
- When resources displayed in OPAC results show the generate link
, copy the HTML code generated and paste it into your target application. Note: This generates a hyperlink so your target application must support embedding of hyperlinks.
- From a My Lists display generate link
- From a LibPaths portal page link
for selected widget, check Use Adit (if enabled), copy the embed code generated and paste it into your target application. Note: This generates an iFrame embed code so your target application must support embedding of iFrames. - From a LibPaths workbench or portal page link
, then in Anonymous Access:
- if a link is not displayed, or
- copy the embed code displayed and paste it into your target application.
How Pre-authentication Works
| Current State of User Access | Pre-authentication Enabled | Pre-authentication Disabled |
| User not logged in, i.e., no current active session | User will be given anonymous access as the generic associated with the link | User will be challenged to login |
| User logged in, i.e., has a current active session | User will be given their normal access which may be more or less than the generic account access | User will be given their normal access |
| SSO enabled in both applications | User will be given their normal access | User will be given their normal access |