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
- Read the Get started with Citrix Cloud APIs section to ensure that you have the
bearer token
. - Get
siteid
from How to get site id API. - Get the App-V
server
name from How to get App-V servers, packages and isolation groups API. - Invoke the API described in this document from a client host or from the API exploration tab to get App-V packages information from an App-V server.
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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In this article
- 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
- Get details of the App-V packages from the App-V server using PowerShell code
- Get details of the App-V packages from the App-V server using C# code
- Get details of the App-V packages from the App-V server using Python