# SAML: Metadata download (call 1 of 2)

Information note**LOCKED.**   
  
This API is extremely reliable and will not be broken unless absolutely necessary.

## Method

GET

## Path

/qrs/virtualproxyconfig/{vpId}/generate/samlmetadata

## Description

Get an export ticket for the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) metadata for an existing virtual proxy, identified by `{vpId}`.

Information noteA ticket can only be used once to download the metadata.

## Body

-

## Return value

GUID (that is, an export ticket)

## Optional parameters

-

## Learn more

* [SAML: Metadata download (call 2 of 2)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2026/Subsystems/RepositoryServiceAPI/Content/Sense_RepositoryServiceAPI/RepositoryServiceAPI-SAML-Metadata-DL-2.htm)