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+import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker';
+import Identity from '../../src/models/identity.ee.js';
+import { createUser } from './user.js';
+import { createSamlAuthProvider } from './saml-auth-provider.ee.js';
+
+export const createIdentity = async (params = {}) => {
+  params.userId = params.userId || (await createUser()).id;
+  params.remoteId = params.remoteId || faker.string.uuid();
+  params.providerId = params.providerId || (await createSamlAuthProvider()).id;
+  params.providerType = 'saml';
+
+  const identity = await Identity.query().insertAndFetch(params);
+
+  return identity;
+};