How to add an icon in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Use REST APIs to add an icon in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site. Icons are used for creating applications in the 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 an icon 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. - Prepare an icon in ICO format and convert its binary raw data to base64 encoding.
- Invoke the API described in this document from a client host or from the API exploration tab to add a new icon to the site.
Add an icon in your site using any REST API tool
Learn from the following example to add an icon in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any REST API tool.
Request
POST https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/icons 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
{
"RawData": "AAABfx4RA...==",
"IconFormat": "image/png;32x32x24"
}
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Response
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
citrix-transactionid: f743c772...
content-Length: 1248
content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
date: "Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:14:57 GMT"
{
"Id": "c5755e27-2110-4e1c-a5e2-19804bc153fc",
"IsBuiltIn": false,
"FormattedData": "TBqrPjEM...===",
"RawData": "AAABfx4RA...=="
}
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Add an icon in your site using PowerShell
Learn from the following example to add an icon in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any PowerShell code.
function AddIcon {
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $customerid,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $siteid,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $bearerToken,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $iconModel
)
$requestUri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/icons"
$headers = @{
"Accept" = "application/json";
"Content-Type"="application/json";
"Authorization" = "CWSAuth Bearer=$bearerToken";
"Citrix-CustomerId" = $customerid;
"Citrix-InstanceId" = $siteid;
}
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $requestUri -Method POST -Headers $headers -Body $iconModel
return $response
}
$customerid = "customer1"
$siteid = "61603f15-cdf9-4c7f-99ff-91636601a795"
$bearerToken = "ey1.."
$iconModel = @{
"RawData" = "AAABfx4RA...==";
"IconFormat" = "image/png;32x32x24"
}
$response = AddIcon $customerid $siteid $bearerToken (ConvertTo-Json $iconModel)
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Add an icon in your site using C# code
Learn from the following example to add an icon in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using C# code.
public static async Task<string> AddIcon(
string customerid,
string siteid,
string bearerToken,
AddIconRequestModel model)
{
var requestUri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/icons";
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 an icon in your site using Python
Learn from the following example to add an icon in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using Python.
import requests
def add_icon(bearerToken, customerid, siteid, iconModel):
request_uri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/icons"
headers = {
'Authorization': 'CWSAuth Bearer=%s' % bearerToken,
'Citrix-CustomerId': customerid,
'Citrix-InstanceId': siteid,
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Accept': 'application/json'
}
payload = json.dumps(iconModel)
response = requests.post(request_uri, headers = headers, verify = False, data = payload)
return response.json()
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