How to create an application group in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Use REST APIs to create an application group 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 create an application group 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. - Invoke the API described in this document from a client host or from the API exploration tab to create an application group.
Create an application group in your site using any REST API tool
Learn from the following example to create an application group in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any REST API tool.
Request
POST https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/ApplicationGroups 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": "AG01",
"Description": "AG01",
"DeliveryGroups": [],
"IncludedUserFilterEnabled": false
}
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Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
citrix-transactionid: f3bfca69...
content-Length: 812
content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
date: "Fri, 11 Dec 2020 09:07:12 GMT"
{
"ApplicationCount": 0,
"IncludedUsersFilterEnabled": false,
"IncludedUsers": [],
"SessionSharingEnabled": true,
"TotalMachines": 0,
"Id": "c1a0e0ee-1179-4666-a19f-86d8b0ce2fb6",
"Uid": 26,
"ContainerScopes": [],
"Description": "AG01",
"Enabled": true,
"Name": "AG01",
"Scopes": [
{
"Id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
"Uid": null,
"Name": "All",
"Description": null,
"IsBuiltIn": true,
"IsAllScope": true,
"IsTenantScope": false,
"TenantId": null,
"TenantName": null
}
],
"Tags": [],
"Tenants": null,
"NumApplications": 0,
"NumMachines": 0,
"NumMachinesWithTag": 0,
"RestrictToTag": {
"Id": null,
"Uid": null,
"Name": null
},
"DeliveryGroups": []
}
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Create an application group in your site using PowerShell
Learn from the following example to create an application group in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any PowerShell code.
function CreateApplicationGroup {
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $customerid,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $siteid,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $bearerToken,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $body
)
$requestUri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/ApplicationGroups"
$headers = @{
"Accept" = "application/json";
"Content-Type"="application/json";
"Authorization" = "CWSAuth Bearer=$bearerToken";
"Citrix-CustomerId" = $customerid;
"Citrix-InstanceId" = $siteid;
}
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $requestUri -Method POST -Headers $headers -Body $body
return $response
}
$customerId = "customer1"
$siteId = "61603f15-cdf9-4c7f-99ff-91636601a795"
$bearerToken = "ey1.."
$body = @"
{
"Name": "AG01",
"Description": "AG01",
"DeliveryGroups": [],
"IncludedUserFilterEnabled": false
}
"@
$response = CreateApplicationGroup $customerid $siteid $bearerToken $body
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Create an application group in your site using C# code
Learn from the following example to create an application group in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any C# code.
public static async Task<string> CreateApplicationGroup(
string customerid,
string siteid,
string bearerToken,
CreateApplicationGroupRequestModel model)
{
var requestUri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/ApplicationGroups"
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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Create an application group in your site using Python
Learn from the following example to create an application group in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using Python.
import requests
def create_application_group(bearerToken, customerid, siteid):
request_uri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/ApplicationGroups"
headers = {
'Authorization': 'CWSAuth Bearer=%s' % bearerToken,
'Citrix-CustomerId': customerid,
'Citrix-InstanceId': siteid,
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Accept': 'application/json'
}
payload = json.dumps({
"Name": "AG01",
"Description": "AG01",
"DeliveryGroups": [],
"IncludedUserFilterEnabled": false
})
response = requests.post(request_uri, headers = headers, verify = False, data = payload)
return response.json()
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In this article
- Prerequisites to create an application group in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
- Create an application group in your site using any REST API tool
- Create an application group in your site using PowerShell
- Create an application group in your site using C# code
- Create an application group in your site using Python