Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops REST APIs

How to add a StoreFront server in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

Use REST APIs to add a StoreFront server in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 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 add a StoreFront server in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

  • Read the Learning journey for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops APIs section to ensure that you have the bearer token.
  • Get siteid from How to get site id API.
  • Make sure a Storefront Server host has been set up successfully with an accessible Url. Alternatively, provide the Storefront Server Id if it already has one (for example, once added to a site but removed later).
  • Invoke the API described in this document from a client host or from the API exploration tab to add a new StoreFront server to the site.

Add a StoreFront server in your site using any REST API tool

Learn from the following example to add a StoreFront server in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any REST API tool.

Request

POST https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/storefrontservers 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

{
    "Name": "My-SF-A",
    "Description": "Storefront Server A",
    "Url": "https://portal-a.mysite.com/Citrix/StoreWeb",
    "Enabled": true
}
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Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
citrix-transactionid: f743c772...
content-Length: 1248
content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
date: "Thu, 20 Jan 2021 16:14:08 GMT"
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Add a StoreFront server in your site using PowerShell

Learn from the following example to add a StoreFront server in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any PowerShell code.

function AddStoreFrontServer {
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $customerid,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $siteid,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $bearerToken,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $storefrontServerModel
    )
    $requestUri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/storefrontservers"
    $headers = @{
        "Accept" = "application/json";
        "Content-Type"="application/json";
        "Authorization" = "CWSAuth Bearer=$bearerToken";
        "Citrix-CustomerId" = $customerid;
        "Citrix-InstanceId" = $siteid;
    }

    $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $requestUri -Method POST -Headers $headers -Body $storefrontServerModel 
    return $response
}

$customerId = "customer1"
$siteId = "61603f15-cdf9-4c7f-99ff-91636601a795"
$bearerToken = "ey1.."
$sfModel = @{
    "Name" = "My-SF-A";
    "Description" = "Storefront Server A";
    "Url" = "https://portal-a.mysite.com/Citrix/StoreWeb";
    "Enabled" = $true
}
$response = AddStoreFrontServer $customerid $siteid $bearerToken (ConvertTo-Json $sfModel)
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Add a StoreFront server in your site using C# code

Learn from the following example to add a StoreFront server in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any C# code.

public static async Task<string> AddStoreFrontServer(
    string customerid,
    string siteid,
    string bearerToken,
    StoreFrontServerRequestModel model)
{
    var requestUri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/storefrontservers";
    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.PostAsync(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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Add a StoreFront server in your site using Python

Learn from the following example to add a StoreFront server in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using Python.

import requests 

def add_storefront_server(bearerToken, customerid, siteid sfModel):
    request_uri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/storefrontservers"
    headers = {
                'Authorization': 'CWSAuth Bearer=%s' % bearerToken,
                'Citrix-CustomerId': customerid,
                'Citrix-InstanceId': siteid,
                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                'Accept': 'application/json'
              }
    payload = json.dumps(sfModel)

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

    return response.json()
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Resources
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops REST APIs OpenAPI Specification
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