def authn_request(self, context, entity_id):
        """
        Do an authorization request on idp with given entity id.
        This is the start of the authorization.

        :type context: satosa.context.Context
        :type entity_id: str
        :rtype: satosa.response.Response

        :param context: The current context
        :param entity_id: Target IDP entity id
        :return: response to the user agent
        """

        # If IDP blacklisting is enabled and the selected IDP is blacklisted,
        # stop here
        if self.idp_blacklist_file:
            with open(self.idp_blacklist_file) as blacklist_file:
                blacklist_array = json.load(blacklist_file)['blacklist']
                if entity_id in blacklist_array:
                    satosa_logging(logger, logging.DEBUG, "IdP with EntityID {} is blacklisted".format(entity_id), context.state, exc_info=False)
                    raise SATOSAAuthenticationError(context.state, "Selected IdP is blacklisted for this backend")

        kwargs = {}
        authn_context = self.construct_requested_authn_context(entity_id)
        if authn_context:
            kwargs['requested_authn_context'] = authn_context

        try:
            binding, destination = self.sp.pick_binding(
                "single_sign_on_service", None, "idpsso", entity_id=entity_id)
            satosa_logging(logger, logging.DEBUG, "binding: %s, destination: %s" % (binding, destination),
                           context.state)
            acs_endp, response_binding = self.sp.config.getattr("endpoints", "sp")["assertion_consumer_service"][0]
            req_id, req = self.sp.create_authn_request(
                destination, binding=response_binding, **kwargs)
            relay_state = util.rndstr()
            ht_args = self.sp.apply_binding(binding, "%s" % req, destination, relay_state=relay_state)
            satosa_logging(logger, logging.DEBUG, "ht_args: %s" % ht_args, context.state)
        except Exception as exc:
            satosa_logging(logger, logging.DEBUG, "Failed to construct the AuthnRequest for state", context.state,
                           exc_info=True)
            raise SATOSAAuthenticationError(context.state, "Failed to construct the AuthnRequest") from exc

        if self.sp.config.getattr('allow_unsolicited', 'sp') is False:
            if req_id in self.outstanding_queries:
                errmsg = "Request with duplicate id {}".format(req_id)
                satosa_logging(logger, logging.DEBUG, errmsg, context.state)
                raise SATOSAAuthenticationError(context.state, errmsg)
            self.outstanding_queries[req_id] = req

        context.state[self.name] = {"relay_state": relay_state}
        return make_saml_response(binding, ht_args)
Do an authorization request on idp with given entity id.
        This is the start of the authorization.

        :type context: satosa.context.Context
        :type entity_id: str
        :rtype: satosa.response.Response

        :param context: The current context
        :param entity_id: Target IDP entity id
        :return: response to the user agent