Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops REST APIs
How to delete an application folder in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Use REST APIs to delete an application folder within 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 o delete an application folder
- Read the Learning journey for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops APIs section to ensure that you have the
bearer token. - Get
siteidfrom How to get site id API. - Get
pathOrIdof the application folder from How to get all application folders API. - Invoke the API described in this document from a client host or from the API exploration tab to delete an application folder.
Delete an application folder from your site using any REST API tool
Learn from the following example to delete an application folder within your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any REST API tool.
Request
DELETE https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/ApplicationFolders/{pathOrId} 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/1.1 204 NoContent
citrix-transactionid: 60076c9f...
content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
date: "Fri, 11 Dec 2020 08:48:14 GMT"
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Delete an application folder from your site using PowerShell
Learn from the following example to delete an application folder within your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any PowerShell code.
function DeleteApplicationFolder {
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $customerid,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $siteid,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $pathOrId,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $bearerToken
)
$requestUri = [string]::Format("https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/ApplicationFolders/{0}", $pathOrId)
$headers = @{
"Accept" = "application/json";
"Authorization" = "CWSAuth Bearer=$bearerToken";
"Citrix-CustomerId" = $customerid;
"Citrix-InstanceId" = $siteid;
}
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $requestUri -Method DELETE -Headers $headers
return $response
}
$customerId = "customer1"
$siteId = "61603f15-cdf9-4c7f-99ff-91636601a795"
$pathOrId = "56f1cbf3-1cc6-40cd-9c82-c95633ba88bb"
$bearerToken = "ey1.."
$response = DeleteApplicationFolder $customerid $siteid $pathOrId $bearerToken
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Delete an application folder from your site using C# code
Learn from the following example to delete an application folder within your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any C# code.
public static async Task<string> DeleteApplicationFolder(
string customerid,
string siteid,
string pathOrId,
string bearerToken)
{
var requestUri = string.Format("https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/ApplicationFolders/{0}", pathOrId);
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.DeleteAsync(requestUri);
if (response != null)
{
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
return content;
}
return null;
}
}
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Delete an application folder from your site using Python
Learn from the following example to delete an application folder within your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using Python.
import requests
def delete_application_folder(bearerToken, customerid, siteid, pathOrId):
request_uri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/ApplicationFolders/{0}".format(pathOrId)
headers = {
'Authorization': 'CWSAuth Bearer=%s' % bearerToken,
'Citrix-CustomerId': customerid,
'Citrix-InstanceId': siteid,
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Accept': 'application/json'
}
response = requests.delete(request_uri, headers = headers)
return response.json()
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