How to get icons from Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Use REST APIs to get all or conditional icons from your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site. Icons are used for creating applications in the site.
You can specify the desired icon data format to be returned via the iconFormat
query parameter. You can also explicitly use the builtIn
option to get the system built-in icons or to get the user created icons only. If not specified, both types of icons are returned.
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 icons from 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 get icons in the current site.
Get icons from your site using any REST API tool
Learn from the following example to get all or conditional icons from your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any REST API tool.
Request
GET https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/icons?iconFormat=image%2fpng;32x32x24&builtIn=false 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: 003a86de-6949-47a6-9fa6-e4fe9a746fc0
content-Length: 8193
content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
date: "Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:33:36 GMT"
Server: Citrix Systems, Inc.
{
"Items": [
{
"Id": "c5755e27-2110-4e1c-a5e2-19804bc153fc",
"IsBuiltIn": false,
"FormattedData": "TBqrPjEM...===",
"RawData": "AAABfx4RA...=="
}
...
]
}
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Get icons from your site using PowerShell
Learn from the following example to get all or conditional icons from your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using any PowerShell code.
function GetIcons {
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $customerid,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $siteid,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $bearerToken,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
[string] $iconFormat,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
[string] $isBuiltIn
)
if ($iconFormat -ne "" -and $isBuiltIn -ne "")
{
$requestUri = [string]::Format("https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/icons?iconFormat={0}&isBuiltIn={1}", $iconFormat, $isBuiltIn)
}
elseif ($iconFormat -ne "")
{
$requestUri = [string]::Format("https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/icons?iconFormat={0}", $iconFormat)
}
elseif ($isBuiltIn -ne "")
{
$requestUri = [string]::Format("https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/icons?isBuiltIn={0}", $isBuiltIn)
}
else
{
$requestUri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/icons"
}
$headers = @{
"Accept" = "application/json";
"Authorization" = "CWSAuth Bearer=$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..."
$iconFormat = "image/png;32x32x24"
$isBuildIn = "false"
$response = GetIcons $customerid $siteid $bearerToken $iconFormat $isBuildIn
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Get icons from your site using C# code
Learn from the following example to get all or conditional icons from your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using C# code.
public static async Task<string> GetIcons(
string customerid,
string siteid,
string bearerToken,
string? iconFormat,
bool? isBuiltIn)
{
var requestUri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/icons";
if(iconFormat != null && isBuiltIn != null)
{
requestUri += "?iconFormat=" + iconFormat + "&isBuiltIn=" + isBuiltIn;
}
else if (iconFormat != null)
{
requestUri += "?iconFormat=" + iconFormat;
}
else if (isBuiltIn != null)
{
requestUri += "?isBuiltIn=" + isBuiltIn;
}
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 icons from your site using Python
Learn from the following example to get all or conditional icons from your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site using Python.
import requests
def get_icons(bearerToken, customerid, siteid, icon_format, is_builtin):
if icon_format and is_builtin:
request_uri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/icons?iconFormat={0}&isBuiltIn={1}".format(icon_format, is_builtin)
elif icon_format
request_uri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/icons?iconFormat={0}".format(icon_format)
elif icon_format
request_uri = "https://[DdcServerAddress]/cvad/manage/icons?isBuiltIn={0}".format(is_builtin)
else
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'
}
response = requests.get(request_uri, headers = headers)
return response.json()
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