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* [[REST]] offers a straightforward RESTful API for accessing database resources via URLs,* [[RESTXQ]] allows you to write more complex APIs and full web applications with XQuery, and* [[WebDAV]] gives access to databases via the file system.=Startup=
This article describes different ways * Run one of deploying and configuring these servicesthe {{Code|basexhttp}} or {{Code|basexhttp.bat}} scripts. Call the script with the {{Code|stop}} keyword to gracefully shut down the server.* If you have installed BaseX on ''Windows'', click on the '''BaseX HTTP Server (Start)''' icon. The services can be deployed as follows:
* as standalone application, by running the Various [[StartupCommand-Line_Options#HTTP Server|BaseX HTTP Servercommand-line options]],* as web servlet in a are available to simplify batch processing. The [[#Servlet ContainerStart_Scripts|Servlet Container]], and* as web servlet, using [[#Maven|Mavenstart script]]can be adjusted for individual purposes (e.g. if the default memory limit is too restrictive).
* Authentication was readded to RESTXQ. As a consequence, you need to specify the <codepre class="brush:xml">admin</code> user in your <code>webBaseX [HTTP Server][main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.util.xml</code> file if you want log - Logging initialized @375ms to preserve the behavior of older versions of BaseXorg.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Slf4jLog[main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - jetty-9.4.21.v20190926; built: 2019-09-26T16:41:09.154Z; git: 72970db61a2904371e1218a95a3bef5d79788c33; jvm 13+33* In turn[main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.StandardDescriptorProcessor - NO JSP Support for /, if users are defined in the <code>webdid not find org.eclipse.jetty.jsp.JettyJspServlet...Server was started (port: 1984).HTTP Server was started (port: 8984).HTTP STOP Server was started (port: 8985).xml</codepre> file After startup, no passwords must be specified anymoreyou can access an HTML welcome page via http://localhost:8984.* The server-side authentication method, and default users, are now enforced and cannot Jetty logging level can be overwritten adjusted by client.<br/><br/>adding the following properties to the start script:
All Further database options can be specified defined as context parameters in the {{Code|web.xml}} file. They need to be defined as context parameters and prefixed with {{Code|org.basex.}}. The most important options for the web application context are as follows:
Path All options are prefixed with {{Code|org.basex.}}. Local file paths in options may contain an be absolute or relative path. If a relative path is specified, its root will be the servlet servlet’s ({{Code|webapp}}) path:
<context-param> <param-name>org.basex.dbpath</param-name> <!-- will be rewritten to ..../webapp/WEB-INF/data --> <param-value>WEB-INF/data</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>org.basex.repopath</param-name> <!-- will be kept as is --> <param-value>f:/basex/repository</param-value> </context-param>
<servlet> <servlet-name>REST</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.basex.http.rest.RESTServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>org.basex.user</param-name> <param-value>rest-user</param-value> </init-param> </servlet>
==Available Services==
To enable or disable one of the provided services, the corresponding servlet entry in the {{Code|web.xml}} file needs to be removed/commented. The default URL paths are listed in the following table:
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
! Service
! URL
! Usage
|- valign="top"
| Default web server
| {{Code|http://[host]:[port]/[servlet_context_path]/static}}
| Access your standard web files (e.g. HTML, JavaScript or CSS).
|- valign="top"
| [[RESTXQ]]
| {{Code|http://[host]:[port]/[servlet_context_path]}}
| Create XQuery web services and applications.
|- valign="top"
| [[REST]]
| {{Code|http://[host]:[port]/[servlet_context_path]/rest}}
| Access XML database and its resources.
|- valign="top"
| [[WebDAV]]
| {{Code|http://[host]:[port]/[servlet_context_path]/webdav}} or<br/>{{Code|webdav://[host]:[port]/[servlet_context_path]/webdav}} (depending on client)
| Access databases via the filesystem.
|}
=Maven=
Check out the BaseX sources via [[Developing with Eclipse|Eclipse]] or [[Git]]. Execute <code>mvn install</code> in the main project directory and then <code>mvn install jetty:run</code> in the <code>basex-api</code> sub-directory. This will start a Jetty instance in which the servlets will be deployed.
==Configuration==
The same options as in the case of deployment apply in a servlet container. In this case, however, there is no WAR archive. Instead, Jetty looks up all files in the directory <code>[https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/tree/master/basex-api/src/main/webapp basex-api/src/main/webapp]</code>. Jetty and servlet options can be configured in the {{Code|jetty.xml}} and {{Code|web.xml}} files as described above in the [[#Configuration|Servlet Container Configuration]]. The Jetty stop port can be changed in the [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/JETTY/Maven+Jetty+Plugin Maven Jetty Plugin] sesion in the {{Code|pom.xml}} file.
=User Management=
By default, RESTXQ uses the admin user, whereas the REST and WebDAV services require client-side authentication.
A default user can be specified via [[Command-Line Options#BaseX HTTP Server|command-line arguments]]. In the <code>web.xml</code> file, both a global and a servlet-specific user can be added (see above).
→Configuration
This page is part of the [[Getting Started]] Section. It describes how BaseX can be used to both provide simple APIs and build complex web applications. The following three HTTP services are available:
An instance of the [https://www.eclipse.org/jetty/ Jetty Web Server] will be started, which by default listens to the port {{MarkCode|Updated with Version 88984}}.6:Additionally, the BaseX [[Database Server]] will be started, accessible on port {{Code|1984}}. The command-line output will look something like that (the JSP warning message [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3521654/missing-jsp-support-in-jetty-or-confusing-log-message can be ignored]):
<pre class="brush:xml">-Dorg.eclipse.jetty.util.log.class=org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.StdErrLog -D{classref}.LEVEL=DEBUG</pre> BaseX can also be deployed as web servlet in a servlet container or with Maven: ==Servlet Container==
In order to deploy BaseX HTTP Services in a servlet container, you can download the WAR distribution of BaseX from the [http://basex.org/download download site], or compile it by calling <code>mvn compile war:war</code> in the <code>basex-api</code> directory. The WAR file can then be deployed following the instructions of the corresponding servlet container ([http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/current/quickstart-deploying-webapps.html jetty], [http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/deployer-howto.html tomcat], etc.).
You can configure the port, context path, etc. by following the instructions of the corresponding servlet container. This is needed if you want to replace the default URL path (e.g. http://localhost:8080/rest) with a custom one (e.g. http://localhost:8984/basex/rest).
If you use Jetty (which is the default HTTP server of BaseX), the server configuration is available via the {{Code|jetty.xml}} file, which is stored in the {{Code|WEB-INF}} directory next to the {{Code|web.xml}}. For detailed configuration refer to the [http://wikiwww.eclipse.org/Jettyjetty/documentation/Referencecurrent/jetty-xml-config.xml html Jetty Documentation].
To run on [http://tomcat.apache.org/ Apache Tomcat], start the Tomcat server and add any <code>*.war</code> distribution to deploy via the Tomcat web interface. By default, the interface is accessible via http://localhost:8080/manager/html/.
==Maven== Check out the BaseX sources via [[Developing with Eclipse|Eclipse]] or [[Git]]. Execute <code>mvn install</code> in the main project directory and then <code>mvn install jetty:run</code> in the <code>basex-api</code> sub-directory. This will start a Jetty instance in which the servlets will be deployed. The same options as in the case of deployment apply in a servlet container. In this case, however, there is no WAR archive. Instead, Jetty looks up all files in the directory <code>[https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/tree/master/basex-api/src/main/webapp basex-api/src/main/webapp]</code>. Jetty and servlet options can be configured in the {{Code|jetty.xml}} and {{Code|web.xml}} files as described above in the [[#Configuration|Servlet Container Configuration]]. The Jetty stop port can be changed in the [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/JETTY/Maven+Jetty+Plugin Maven Jetty Plugin] sesion in the {{Code|pom.xml}} file. =Services= The following services are available and enabled by default: {| class="wikitable" |- valign="top"! Name! Standard Path! Description|- valign="top"| [[RESTXQ]]| <code>/</code>| Write enriched APIs and full web applications with XQuery.|- valign="top"| [[WebSockets]]| <code>ws/</code>| Bidirectional client/server communication.|- valign="top"| [[REST]]| <code>rest/</code>| Straightforward access to XML databases and its resources.|- valign="top"| [[WebDAV]]| <code>webdav/</code>| Database access via the file system.|- valign="top"| Default| <code>static/</code>| Access to static server resources (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, images, …).|} The [[DBA]] is a web-based database administration interface written in RESTXQ. It allows you to create and administrate databases, evaluate queries in realtime, view log files, manage users, etc. It is embedded in the full distributions of BaseX, and it can be accessed after startup via http://localhost:8984/dba/. =Configuration= Unless BaseX is deployed as servlet, the location of the web application directory can be adjusted via the {{Option|WEBPATH}} option, and compression of HTTP responses can be enabled via the {{Option|GZIP}} option.
{| class="wikitable"
! Description
|-
|<code>[[Options#USER{{Option|USER]]</code>}}
|{{Code|admin}}
| If a user is specified, no credentials must be passed on by the client.
|-
|<code>[[Options#HTTPLOCAL{{Option|HTTPLOCAL]]</code>}}
|{{Code|false}}
|Operation mode. By default, a database server instance will be started, as soon as the first HTTP service is called. The database server can be disabled by setting this flag to {{Code|true}}.
|-
|<code>[[Options#RESTXQPATH{{Option|RESTXQPATH]]</code>}}
|{{Code|.}}
|Relative or absolute directory referencing the [[RESTXQ]] modules. By default, the option points to the standard web application directory.
|-
|<code>[[Options#RESTPATH{{Option|RESTPATH]]</code>}}
|{{Code|.}}
|Relative or absolute directory referencing queries and command-scripts that can be invoked via the [[REST#GET_Requests|run operation]] of REST. By default, the option points to the standard web application directory.
|-
|<code>[[Options#AUTHMETHOD{{Option|AUTHMETHOD]]</code>}}
|{{Code|Basic}}
|The default authentication method proposed by the server. The available methods are {{Code|Basic}} and {{Code|Digest}}.
|}
<pre class="brush:xml">
</pre>
Context parameters can be requested from XQuery via [[Process_Module#proc:property-names|proc:property-names]] and [[Process_Module#proc:property|proc:property]]. How to set these options is specific to the servlet container. For example, in Jetty it can be done by [http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/current/override-web-xml.html overriding the web.xml] file. Another option is to directly edit the {{Code|WEB-INF/web.xml}} file in the WAR archive (WAR files are simple ZIP files). Refer to the sample [https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/basex-api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml web.xml] of the basex-api package.
To enable or disable a specific service, the corresponding servlet entry in the {{Code|web.xml}} file needs to be removed/commented. ==Authentication== Different credentials can be assigned to the REST and WebDAV a service by specifying local init parameters. In the following example, an alternative user is specified for the REST service:
<pre class="brush:xml">
</pre>
If the HTTP server is started with no pre-defined user, the credentials must be passed on by the client via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication Basic Authentication] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digest_authentication Digest Authentication] (depending on the server setting).
=Changelog=
;Version 9.0
* Updated: <code>jetty.xml</code> configuration file (required for Jetty 9).
;Version 8.6
