Citrix DaaS REST APIs

How to update a delivery group in Citrix DaaS

Use REST APIs to update a delivery group 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 update a delivery group

Update a delivery group in your site using any REST API tool

Learn from the following example to update a delivery group within your Citrix DaaS site using any REST API tool.

Request

PATCH https://api.cloud.com/cvad/manage/DeliveryGroups/{nameOrId} 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

{
    "Description": "Test",
    "Enabled": true,
    "SecureIcaEnabled": false,
    "TimeZone": "UTC",
    "RequireUserHomeZone": false,
    "DeliveryType": "DesktopsAndApps",
    "PrelaunchSettings": {
        "Enabled": false,
        "MaxAverageLoadThreshold": 0,
        "MaxLoadPerMachineThreshold": 0,
        "MaxTimeBeforeTerminateMinutes": 480,
        "IncludedUsers": [],
        "IncludedUserFilterEnabled": false
    }
}
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Response

HTTP/1.1 204 NoContent
citrix-transactionid: c93f3d9e...
content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
date: "Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:05:01 GMT"
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Update a delivery group in your site using PowerShell

Learn from the following example to update a delivery group within your Citrix DaaS site using any PowerShell code.

function PatchDeliveryGroup {
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $customerid,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $siteid,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $nameOrId,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $bearerToken,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $body
    )
    $requestUri = [string]::Format("https://api.cloud.com/cvad/manage/DeliveryGroups/{0}", $nameOrId)
    $headers = @{
        "Accept" = "application/json";
        "Content-Type"="application/json";
        "Authorization" = "CWSAuth Bearer=$bearerToken";
        "Citrix-CustomerId" = $customerid;
        "Citrix-InstanceId" = $siteid;
    }
    $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $requestUri -Method PATCH -Headers $headers -Body $body 
    return $response
}

$customerId = "customer1"
$siteId = "61603f15-cdf9-4c7f-99ff-91636601a795"
$nameOrId = "56f1cbf3-1cc6-40cd-9c82-c95633ba88bb"
$bearerToken = "ey1.."
$body = @"
{
    "Description": "Test",
    "Enabled": true,
    "SecureIcaEnabled": false,
    "TimeZone": "UTC",
    "RequireUserHomeZone": false,
    "DeliveryType": "DesktopsAndApps",
    "PrelaunchSettings": {
        "Enabled": false,
        "MaxAverageLoadThreshold": 0,
        "MaxLoadPerMachineThreshold": 0,
        "MaxTimeBeforeTerminateMinutes": 480,
        "IncludedUsers": [],
        "IncludedUserFilterEnabled": false
    }
}
"@
$response = PatchDeliveryGroup $customerid $siteid $nameOrId $bearerToken $body
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Update a delivery group in your site using C# code

Learn from the following example to update a delivery group within your Citrix DaaS site using any C# code.

public static async Task<string> PatchDeliveryGroup(
    string customerid,
    string siteid,
    string nameOrId,
    string bearerToken,
    EditDeliveryGroupRequestModel model)
{
    var requestUri = string.Format("https://api.cloud.com/cvad/manage/DeliveryGroups/{0}", nameOrId);
    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 jsonBody = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(model, new JsonSerializerSettings
        {
            Converters = new JsonConverter[] { new StringEnumConverter() }
        });

        var response = await client.PatchAsync(requestUri, new StringContent(jsonBody, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));

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

        return null;
    }
}
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Update a delivery group in your site using Python

Learn from the following example to update a delivery group within your Citrix DaaS site using Python code.

import requests 

def patch_delivery_group(bearerToken, customerid, siteid, nameOrId):
    request_uri = "https://api.cloud.com/cvad/manage/DeliveryGroups/{0}".format(nameOrId)
    headers = {
                'Authorization': 'CWSAuth Bearer=%s' % bearerToken,
                'Citrix-CustomerId': customerid,
                'Citrix-InstanceId': siteid,
                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                'Accept': 'application/json'
              }
    payload = json.dumps({
        "Description": "Test",
        "Enabled": true,
        "SecureIcaEnabled": false,
        "TimeZone": "UTC",
        "RequireUserHomeZone": false,
        "DeliveryType": "DesktopsAndApps",
        "PrelaunchSettings": {
            "Enabled": false,
            "MaxAverageLoadThreshold": 0,
            "MaxLoadPerMachineThreshold": 0,
            "MaxTimeBeforeTerminateMinutes": 480,
            "IncludedUsers": [],
            "IncludedUserFilterEnabled": false
        }
    })

    response = requests.patch(request_uri, headers = headers, verify = False, data = payload)

    return response.json()
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Resources
Citrix DaaS REST APIs OpenAPI Specification
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