=Getting Started=
First of all, launch the BaseX as [[Startup#BaseX HTTP Server|BaseX HTTP ServerWeb Application]]. By default, which will itself start an instance of the [http://jetty.codehaus.org/jetty/ Jetty WebServer]is used as web server, which listens to the and all HTTP services will be available on port <code>8984</code> by default (check out the additional [[Startup Options#BaseX HTTP Server|command-line options]]).
Most browsers can be used to get to know the REST API, and to directly display the results.