How to delete a machine catalog in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Use REST APIs to delete a machine catalog 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 to delete a machine catalog
- 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. - Get
nameOrId
of the machine catalog from How to get machine catalogs API. - Make sure machines in the catalog that you want to delete were removed from the delivery group.
- Invoke the API described in this document from a client host or from the API exploration tab to delete a machine catalog.
Delete a machine catalog from your site using any REST API tool
Learn from the following example to delete a machine catalog within your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any REST API tool.
Request
DELETE https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/MachineCatalogs/{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
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Response
HTTP/1.1 204 NoContent
citrix-transactionid: f408a14a...
content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
date: "Thu, 17 Sep 2020 08:52:43 GMT"
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Delete a machine catalog from your site using PowerShell
Learn from the following example to delete a machine catalog within your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any PowerShell code.
function DeleteMachineCatalog {
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $customerid,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $siteid,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $nameOrId,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $bearerToken
)
$requestUri = [string]::Format("https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/MachineCatalogs/{0}", $nameOrId)
$headers = @{
"Accept" = "application/json";
"Authorization" = "CWSAuth Bearer=$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"
$nameOrId = "56f1cbf3-1cc6-40cd-9c82-c95633ba88bb"
$bearerToken = "ey1.."
$response = DeleteMachineCatalog $customerid $siteid $nameOrId $bearerToken
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Delete a machine catalog from your site using C# code
Learn from the following example to delete a machine catalog within your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any C# code.
public static async Task<string> DeleteMachineCatalog(
string customerid,
string siteid,
string nameOrId,
string bearerToken)
{
var requestUri = string.Format("https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/MachineCatalogs/{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 response = await client.DeleteAsync(requestUri);
if (response != null)
{
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
return content;
}
return null;
}
}
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Delete a machine catalog from your site using Python
Learn from the following example to delete a machine catalog within your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using Python.
import requests
def delete_machine_catalog(bearerToken, customerid, siteid, nameOrId):
request_uri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/MachineCatalogs/{0}".format(nameOrId)
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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