:<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 <br/> "<query xmlns='<nowiki>http://www.basex.org/rest'</nowiki>><text>//city/name</text></query>" <br/> "admin:admin@localhost:8984/rest/factbook"</code>
:<code>curl -i -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -T query.xml "admin:admin@localhost:8984/rest/factbook"</code>
;PUT