How to update a catalog application in Azure account

August 14, 2023

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Use REST APIs to update application details for a catalog in your Azure account.

You can make API requests using the PowerShell code, C# code, or any tool that supports invoking the REST API.

Edit apps in a catalog documentation.

Steps to update a catalog application in Azure account

To update details of an existing application for a catalog in your Azure account, use the following procedure:

Read the Get started with Citrix Cloud APIs section to ensure that you have the customerId and bearer token.
Get the siteid from How to get a site ID API.
If you do not have the catalogId, see how to get details of all catalogs to get the details of all your catalogs.
If you do not have the AppId of the application to update, see How to get all catalog applications to get the details of all your catalog applications.
Use the API listed below to update application details from a catalog.

Update a catalog application in Azure account using any REST API tool

Learn from the following example about how to update details of an existing application for a catalog in your Azure account using any REST API tool.

Request

PUT https://api-us.cloud.com/catalogservice/{customerId}/{siteId}/catalogs/{catalogId}/apps/{appId} HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Authorization: CwsAuth bearer=<token-from-prerequisites>

{
  "name": "Google Chrome",
  "applicationPath": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe",
  "commandLineParameters": "https://developer.cloud.com",
  "workingDirectory": "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\\Google",
  "description": "Browse the Internet",
  "base64Icon": "AAABAAcAAAAAAAEAIABnYQAAdgAAADAwAAABAAgAqA4AAN1hAAAwMAAAAQA..."
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 NoContent
citrix-transactionid: c2bc6a4c-a807-46dc-847a-4fcb4c971953
content-Length: 0
content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
date: "Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:26:08 GMT"

Interpreting the request

Property name	Description
name	[Required] The new name of the application. Set this to the original name if you do not wish to modify it.
applicationPath	[Required] The new full path of the application executable on the master image. Set this to the original name if you do not wish to modify it.
commandLineParameters	[Optional] The new command line parameters for the app at startup. If this property is not specified, the original value will remain intact.
workingDirectory	[Optional] By default, this path is the same as the path in the ApplicationPath field. To run the application from a different directory, add an
absolute path to this field.
description	This is the description that shows in your user’s workspace.
base64Icon	[Optional] The new base64 icon for the application. If this property is not specified, the original value will remain intact.

Interpreting the response

The response, in case of success, will have status code “204” without response body.

Update a catalog application in Azure account using PowerShell

Learn from the following example about how to update details of an existing application for a catalog in your Azure account using PowerShell code.

function UpdateCatalogApplication {
  param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string] $customerId,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string] $siteId,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string] $bearerToken,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string] $catalogId,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string] $appId,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string] $jsonBody
  )
  $requestUri = [string]::Format("https://api-us.cloud.com/catalogservice/{0}/{1}/catalogs/{2}/apps/{3}", $customerId, $siteId, $catalogId, $appId)
  $headers = @{"Accept"="application/json";
               "Content-Type"="application/json; charset=utf-8"
               "Authorization"="CwsAuth bearer=$bearerToken"}

  $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $requestUri -Method PUT -Headers $headers -Body $jsonBody
  return $response
}

$body = @{
  "name" = "Google Chrome";
  "applicationPath" = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe";
  "commandLineParameters" = "https://developer.cloud.com";
  "workingDirectory" = "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Google";
  "description"= "Browse the Internet";
  "base64Icon"= "AAABAAcAAAAAAAEAIABnYQAAdgAAADAwAAABAAgAqA4AAN1hAAAwMAAA..."
}

$customerId = "customer1" #Replace with your customerId
$siteId = "61603f15-cdf9-4c7f-99ff-91636601a795" #Replace with your site ID
$bearerToken = "ey1.." #See Prerequisites for all API calls section for a sample of how to get your bearer token
$catalogId = "56f1cbf3-1cc6-40cd-9c82-c95633ba88bb" #Replace with your catalog ID
$appId = "f17bbe18-83a9-461c-a890-9c424596f0f3" #Replace with your application ID
$response = UpdateCatalogApplication $customerId $siteId $bearerToken $catalogId $appId (ConvertTo-Json $body)
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Update a catalog application in Azure account using C# code

Learn from the following example about how to update details of an existing application for a catalog in your Azure account using C# code.

public class UpdateApplicationConfigurationModel
{
  /// <summary>
  /// Display name of application
  /// </summary>
  [Required]
  public string Name { get; set; }

  /// <summary>
  /// Path of the application on the master image
  /// </summary>
  [Required]
  public string ApplicationPath { get; set; }

  /// <summary>
  /// Working directory of the application at launch
  /// </summary>
  public string WorkingDirectory { get; set; }

  /// <summary>
  /// This is the description that shows in your user's workspace.
  /// </summary>
  [StringLength(512)]
  public string Description { get; set; }

  /// <summary>
  /// Command line parameters to pass to the application when launching
  /// </summary>
  public string CommandLineParams { get; set; }

  /// <summary>
  /// The raw application icon represented as a base64 string
  /// </summary>
  public string Base64Icon { get; set; }
}

public static async Task<string> UpdateCatalogApplication(
    string customerId,
    string siteId,
    string bearerToken,
    string catalogId,
    string appId,
    UpdateApplicationConfigurationModel model)
{
    var requestUri = string.Format("https://api-us.cloud.com/catalogservice/{0}/{1}/catalogs/{2}/apps/{3}", customerId, siteId, catalogId, appId);
    using (var client = new HttpClient())
    {
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.ParseAdd("application/json");
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization =
                   new AuthenticationHeaderValue("CwsAuth", "Bearer=" + bearerToken);

        var jsonBody = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(model, new JsonSerializerSettings
        {
            Converters = new JsonConverter[] { new StringEnumConverter() }
        });

        var response = await client.PutAsync(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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How to update a catalog application in Azure account

Steps to update a catalog application in Azure account

Update a catalog application in Azure account using any REST API tool

Request

Response

Interpreting the request

Interpreting the response

Update a catalog application in Azure account using PowerShell

Update a catalog application in Azure account using C# code

Resources

Citrix Virtual Apps Essentials OpenAPI Specification

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Resources

Citrix Virtual Apps Essentials OpenAPI Specification