* <code>curl -i "admin:admin@localhost:8984/rest/factbook?query=//city/name"</code>
;POST
* <code>curl -i -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -d "<query xmlns='<nowiki>http://basex.org/rest'</nowiki>><text>//city/name</text></query>" "adminhttp:admin@//localhost:8984/rest/factbook"</code>* <code>curl -i -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -T query.xml "adminhttp:admin@//localhost:8984/rest/factbook"</code>
;PUT
* <code>curl -i -X PUT -T "etc/xml/factbook.xml" "adminhttp:admin@//localhost:8984/rest/factbook"</code> * <code>curl -i -X PUT -H "Content-Type: textapplication/plainjson" -T "etc/xml/factbookplain.xmljson" "adminhttp:admin@//localhost:8984/rest/factbookplain"</code>
;DELETE
* <code>curl -i -X DELETE "admin:admin@localhost:8984/rest/factbook"</code>