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<h1>libvirt Application Development Guides</h1>
<p>
The libvirt API is accessible from a number of programming languages.
At this time, there are application development guides available
which cover the C API and the Python API. Of the two, the Python guide
is currently the more comprehensive document.
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<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://libvirt.org/docs/libvirt-appdev-guide/en-US/html/">Application Development Guide (C language) HTML</a>
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<a href="https://libvirt.org/docs/libvirt-appdev-guide/en-US/pdf/">Application Development Guide (C language) PDF</a>
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<a href="https://libvirt.org/docs/libvirt-appdev-guide-python/en-US/html/">Application Development Guide (Python language) HTML</a>
</li>
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<a href="https://libvirt.org/docs/libvirt-appdev-guide-python/en-US/pdf/">Application Development Guide (Python language) PDF</a>
</li>
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<h2>Contributing content</h2>
<p>
These guides are written in DocBook and published with the
publican tool, which is also used for Fedora and Red Hat
documentation. The original content is provided in GIT and
any contributions to the guide are welcome.
</p>
<pre>
# C language
$ git clone <a href="https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt-appdev-guide.git">https://libvirt.org/git/libvirt-appdev-guide.git</a>
# Python language
$ git clone <a href="https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt-appdev-guide-python.git">https://libvirt.org/git/libvirt-appdev-guide-python.git</a>
# Publican Style/Theme
$ git clone <a href="https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt-publican.git">https://libvirt.org/git/libvirt-publican.git</a>
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