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First of all, launch the BaseX as a [[Web ApplicationStartup#BaseX HTTP Server|BaseX HTTP Server]]. By default, if [http://jetty.codehaus.org/jetty/ Jetty] is used applied as web server. All , all HTTP services will be available on port <code>8984</code>, and the REST service is accessible at via {{Code|http://localhost:8984/rest/}}. If the server is started as servlet, all [[Options#Main Options|Main Options]] (such as the path to the database) can be configured in the {{Code|web.xml}} file. If run as a standalone application, the settings are stored in the file {{Code|.basex}}.

Most browsers can be used to get to know the perform simple REST API, requests and to directly display the resultsresponse. When requesting the first result, you will have to enter some database credentials (default: <code>admin</code>/<code>admin</code>, [[#User Management|see below]]). Some alternatives for using REST are listed in the [[#Usage Examples|Usage Examples]].