Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) is a machine-to-machine (M2M) web transfer protocol for use with constrained nodes and constrained networks in the Internet of Things (IoT). It is designed to easily interface with HTTP for integration with the Web, while meeting specialized requirements such as multicast support, very low overhead, and simplicity for constrained environments.
The Qt CoAP module implements the client side of CoAP defined by RFC 7252. Generally, CoAP is designed to use datagram-oriented transport such as UDP, so the current implementation of the transport is based on UDP. However implementing custom transports based on TCP, WebSocket, and so on, is also possible.
The Qt CoAP module supports:
Using a Qt module requires linking against the module library, either directly or through other dependencies. Several build tools have dedicated support for this, including CMake and qmake.
Use the find_package() command to locate the needed module components in the Qt6 package:
find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Coap)
target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Coap)
See also the Build with CMake overview.
To configure the module for building with qmake, add the module as a value of the QT variable in the project's .pro file:
QT += coap
Qt CoAP is available under commercial licenses from The Qt Company. In addition, it is available under the GNU General Public License, version 3.
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