# <a name="title"></a> KD Soap [![Logo](https://github.com/KDAB/KDSoap/blob/master/images/kdsoap-medium.png)](http://www.kdab.com/products/kd-soap)
Introduction
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KD Soap is a Qt-based client-side and server-side SOAP component.

It can be used to create client applications for web services and also provides
the means to create web services without the need for any further component such
as a dedicated web server.

KD Soap targets C++ programmers who use Qt in their applications.

For more information, see http://www.kdab.com/kdab-products/kd-soap

Using KD Soap
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KD Soap requires Qt 4.7.0 or newer.

See INSTALL.txt or INSTALL-cmake.txt for installation instructions.
(Note that the qmake and CMake buildsystems are fully supported)

After reading the introductory overview files in doc/
you will find more information at three places:

  detailed browsable API reference:   doc/refman/index.html
                                or:   http://docs.kdab.com/kdsoap
  programmers manual with examples:   doc/manual/kdsoap.pdf
  our sorted example programs:        examples/

Contact
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* Join our mailing list: https://mail.kdab.com/mailman/listinfo/kdsoap-interest
* See our official home page: http://www.kdab.com/products/kd-soap
* Visit us on GitHub: https://github.com/KDAB/KDSoap

Get Involved
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KDAB will happily accept external contributions, but substantial
contributions will require a signed Copyright Assignment Agreement.
Contact info@kdab.com for more information.

Please submit your contributions or issue reports from our GitHub space at
https://github.com/KDAB/KDSoap

License
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KD Soap is (C) 2010-2018, Klaralvdalens Datakonsult AB, and is available
under the terms of:
* the LGPL (see LICENSE.LGPL.txt for details)
    (except libkdsoap-server, see LICENSE.AGPL3-modified.txt)
* the GPL (see LICENSE.GPL.txt for details)
    (except libkdsoap-server, see LICENSE.AGPL3-modified.txt)
* the KDAB commercial license, provided that you buy a license.
  please contact sales@kdab.com if you are interested in buying commercial licenses.

About KDAB
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KD Soap is supported and maintained by Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB (KDAB).

KDAB, the Qt experts, provide consulting and mentoring for developing
Qt applications from scratch and in porting from all popular and legacy
frameworks to Qt. We continue to help develop parts of Qt and are one
of the major contributors to the Qt Project. We can give advanced or
standard trainings anywhere around the globe.

Please visit http://www.kdab.com to meet the people who write code like this.

KD SOAP and the KD SOAP logo are registered trademarks of Klaralvdalens Datakonsult AB
in the European Union, the United States, and/or other countries.  Other product and
company names and logos may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
