diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2010 Richard Fergie
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+are met:
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+3. Neither the name of the author nor the names of his contributors
+   may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+   without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ``AS IS'' AND
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+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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+OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/Network/Soap.hs b/Network/Soap.hs
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+module Network.Soap where
+import Network.Curl 
+
+soapMessage header body = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><env:Envelope xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xmlns:env=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"><env:Header>"++header++"</env:Header><env:Body>"++body++"</env:Body></env:Envelope>"
+
+soapPost url message = initialize >>= \ h -> do
+  setopt h (CurlVerbose False)
+  setopt h (CurlHttpHeaders ["SOAPAction: shoap"])
+  setopt h (CurlPostFields message)
+  setopt h (CurlCookieJar "cookies")
+  setopt h (CurlURL url)
+  perform h
+  return ()
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/shoap.cabal b/shoap.cabal
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+Name:		shoap
+Version:	0.1
+Cabal-Version:  >= 1.2
+Build-Type:     Simple
+License:	BSD3
+License-File:	LICENSE
+Author:		Richard Fergie
+Maintainer:	richard.fergie@gmail.com
+Homepage:	http://richardfergie.com/shoap
+Category:	Network
+Synopsis:	A very basic SOAP package
+Description:	Wraps a message in SOAP headers and provides a function to POST this message to a URL.
+
+Library
+  Build-Depends:	base >= 2 && < 4, curl
+  Exposed-modules:	Network.Soap
+