How to get all applications in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Use REST APIs to get all applications 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 get all applications
- 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 get all applications.
Get all applications in your site using any REST API tool
Learn from the following example to get all applications in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any REST API tool.
Request
GET https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/Applications 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/1.1 200 OK
citrix-transactionid: 391197e9-6495-4a20-8d2c-c664c6b62eac
content-Length: 1193
content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
date: "Thu, 10 Dec 2020 03:54:26 GMT"
Server: Citrix Systems, Inc.
{
"Items": [
{
"Id": "1eccc030-77d9-468a-9244-5537c498a191",
"Uid": 9,
"ApplicationFolder": {
"Id": "0",
"Uid": 0,
"Name": ""
},
"ApplicationType": "HostedOnDesktop",
"ClientFolder": null,
"ContainerScopes": [
{
"Scopes": [
{
"Id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
"Uid": null,
"Name": "All",
"Description": null,
"IsBuiltIn": true,
"IsAllScope": true,
"IsTenantScope": false,
"TenantId": null,
"TenantName": null
}
],
"ScopeType": "ApplicationGroup"
}
],
"Description": null,
"Enabled": true,
"IconId": "2",
"InstalledAppProperties": {
"CommandLineExecutable": "C:\Program Files\Citrix\Studio\HelperConsole\StudioWindowsApp.exe",
"CommandLineArguments": "%**",
"WorkingDirectory": "C:\Program Files\Citrix\Studio\HelperConsole"
},
"AppVAppProperties": null,
"ContentLocation": null,
"Name": "app001",
"PublishedName": "app001",
"Visible": true,
"SharingKind": "Shared",
"Tags": [],
"Tenants": null,
"CloudWorkspaceManaged": false,
"NumAssociatedDeliveryGroups": 0,
"NumAssociatedApplicationGroups": 1,
"AssociatedDeliveryGroupUuids": [],
"AssociatedApplicationGroupUuids": [
"53c23ae7-6bc9-4542-b8fd-1b7d538bad41"
],
"ZoneId": ""
}
...
]
}
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Get all applications in your site using PowerShell
Learn from the following example to get all applications in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any PowerShell code.
function GetAllApplications {
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $customerid,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $siteid,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $bearerToken
)
$requestUri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/Applications"
$headers = @{
"Accept" = "application/json";
"Authorization" = "CWSAuth Bearer=$bearerToken";
"Citrix-CustomerId" = $customerid;
"Citrix-InstanceId" = $siteid;
}
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $requestUri -Method GET -Headers $headers
return $response
}
$customerid = "n2ypkklgy6cv"
$siteid = "12f7438-bf8e-42ba-b1b3-2eb75d098f57"
$bearerToken = "eyJ..."
$response = GetAllApplications $customerid $siteid $bearerToken
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Get all applications in your site using any C# code
Learn from the following example to get all applications in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any C# code.
public static async Task<string> GetAllApplications(
string customerid,
string siteid,
string bearerToken)
{
var requestUri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/Applications";
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.GetAsync(requestUri);
if (response != null)
{
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
return content;
}
return null;
}
}
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Get all applications in your site using Python
Learn from the following example to get all applications in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using Python.
import requests
def get_all_applications(bearerToken, customerid, siteid):
request_uri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/Applications"
headers = {
'Authorization': 'CWSAuth Bearer %s' % bearerToken,
'Citrix-CustomerId': customerid,
'Citrix-InstanceId': siteid,
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Accept': 'application/json'
}
response = requests.get(request_uri, headers = headers)
return response.json()
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