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6 coap - Overview of the libcoap library
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9 Summary of the different libcoap API manual pages.
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12 libcoap is a C implementation of a lightweight application-protocol for
13 devices that are constrained by their resources such as computing
14 power, RF range, memory, bandwidth, or network packet sizes. This
15 protocol, CoAP, is standardized by the IETF as RFC 7252. For further
16 information related to CoAP, see http://coap.technology.
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18 Documentation for the specific library calls with examples can be found
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21 Further information can be found in the include header files with
22 example code provided in the examples directory.
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24 NOTE: This documentation is a work in progress. Any missing information
25 can be found in the include header files along with example code
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29 coap_attribute(3), coap_cache(3), coap_context(3), coap_encryption(3),
30 coap_endpoint_client(3), coap_handler(3), coap_io(3),
31 coap_keepalive(3), coap_logging(3), coap_observe(3), coap_pdu_setup(3),
32 coap_recovery(3), coap_resource(3), coap_session(3), coap_string(3) and
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35 For example executables, see coap-client(5), coap-rd(5) and
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41 "RFC7252: The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"
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43 "RFC7641: Observing Resources in the Constrained Application Protocol
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46 "RFC7959: Block-Wise Transfers in the Constrained Application Protocol
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49 "RFC7967: Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) Option for No Server
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52 "RFC8132: PATCH and FETCH Methods for the Constrained Application
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55 "RFC8323: CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) over TCP, TLS, and
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58 "RFC8613: Object Security for Constrained RESTful Environments
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66 Please report bugs on the mailing list for libcoap:
67 libcoap-developers@lists.sourceforge.net or raise an issue on GitHub at
68 https://github.com/obgm/libcoap/issues
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71 The libcoap project <libcoap-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>
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