AGROVOC is accessible via a SOAP web service. Documentation and code for software developers:

• Web Service WSDL. You will need this to build your client-side SOAP requests.
• JAVA-based Web Service Test Client. A simple example of a Java-based client-side component. Last updated November 2010.
• JSP-based Web Service Test Client. A simple example of a JSP-based client-side component. Last updated January 2012.
• PHP-based Web Service Test Client. A simple example of a PHP-based client-side component. Last updated November 2010.