Citrix DaaS REST APIs

How to get details of the App-V packages from the App-V server in Citrix DaaS

Use REST APIs to get details about the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) packages from the App-V server configured within your Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) site.

Follow the prerequisites and examples to get started with this API.

You can make API requests using the PowerShell code, C# code, Python, or any tool that supports invoking the REST API.

Prerequisites to get details of App-V packages from the App-V server configured in Citrix DaaS

Get details of the App-V packages from the App-V server using any REST API tool

Learn from the following example to get details about the App-V packages from the App-V server configured within your Citrix DaaS site using any REST API tool.

Request

GET https://api.cloud.com/cvad/manage/appvservers/{server}/packages HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Authorization: CWSAuth bearer=<token-from-prerequisites>
Citrix-CustomerId: loy6oujtu6a4
Citrix-InstanceId: 22ded57c-0306-47e4-b6e8-fed6252759e1
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Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
citrix-transactionid: 06137dc7-193a-41d5-a1a4-317c20f46c85
content-Length: 409
content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
date: "Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:52:44 GMT"
Server: Citrix Systems, Inc.

{
  "Items": [
    {
      "AppVApplications": [
        {
          "Id": "00000000...",
          "Identifier": "null",
          "ServerMachineConfigurationUid": "3abc8a76-34b1-4337-84f8-123c540fdfaa",
          "Name": "sample application",
          "PackageId": "1",
          "PackageName": "sample-pkg1",
          "PackageVersion": "1.0.0.1",
          "PackageVersionId": "fa10f3a3-249b-467e-a8a8-5cc1ef1518e0",
          "PublishingServer": "aps-streaming1.mydomain.net",
          "Uid": 0,
          "BrokerApplicationNames": [
          ]
        }
      ],
      "Description": "Sample App-V package",
      "Exists": true,
      "LibraryUid": 0,
      "LibraryName": "string",
      "LibraryDescription": "string",
      "Name": "sample-pkg1",
      "Id": "1",
      "Path": "string",
      "Uid": 0,
      "Version": "1.0.0.1",
      "VersionGuid": "fa10f3a3-249b-467e-a8a8-5cc1ef1518e0",
      "SourceName": "",
      "SourceType": "Unknown",
      "SourceTypeName": "Unknown",
      "OrderNumber": 0,
      "ExplicitInclusion": true,
      "NumOfBrokerApplications": 0,
      "NumOfBrokerDeliveryGroups": 0
    }
  ],
  "ContinuationToken": null,
  "TotalItems": 1
}
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Get details of the App-V packages from the App-V server using PowerShell code

Learn from the following example to get details about the App-V packages from the App-V server configured within your Citrix DaaS site using any PowerShell code.

function GetAppVPackagesFromServer {
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $customerid,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $siteid,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $servername,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $bearerToken
    )
    $requestUri = [string]::Format("https://api.cloud.com/cvad/manage/appvservers/{0}/packages", $servername)
    $headers = @{
        "Accept" = "application/json";
        "Authorization" = "CWSAuth Bearer=$bearerToken";
        "Citrix-CustomerId" = $customerid;
        "Citrix-InstanceId" = $siteid;
    }

    $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $requestUri -Method GET -Headers $headers 
    return $response
}


$customerid = "customer1"
$siteid = "61603f15-cdf9-4c7f-99ff-91636601a795"
$bearerToken = "ey1.."
$server = "server1"
$response = GetAppVPackagesFromServer $customerid $siteid $server $bearerToken 
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Get details of the App-V packages from the App-V server using C# code

Learn from the following example to get details about the App-V packages from the App-V server configured within your Citrix DaaS site using C# code.

public static async Task<string> GetAppVPackagesFromServer(
    string customerid,
    string siteid,
    string servername,
    string bearerToken)
{
    var requestUri = string.Format("https://api.cloud.com/cvad/manage/appvservers/{0}/packages", servername);
    using (var client = new HttpClient())
    {
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.ParseAdd("application/json");
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Citrix-CustomerId", customerid);
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Citrix-InstanceId", siteid);
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("CWSAuth Bearer=" + bearerToken);

        var response = await client.GetAsync(requestUri);

        if (response != null)
        {
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            return content;
        }

        return null;
    }
}
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Get details of the App-V packages from the App-V server using Python

Learn from the following example to get details about the App-V packages from the App-V server configured within your Citrix DaaS site using Python.

import requests 

def get_appv_packages_from_server(bearerToken, customerid, siteid, servername):
    request_uri = "https://api.cloud.com/cvad/manage/appvservers/{0}/packages".format(servername)
    headers = {
                'Authorization': 'CWSAuth Bearer=%s' % bearerToken,
                'Citrix-CustomerId': customerid,
                'Citrix-InstanceId': siteid,
                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                'Accept': 'application/json'
              }

    response = requests.get(request_uri, headers = headers)

    return response.json()
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