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description: Any operation triggered via ArangoDB's HTTP REST API is executed in the context of exactlyone database
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HTTP Interface for Databases
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Address of a Database
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Any operation triggered via ArangoDB's HTTP REST API is executed in the context of exactly
one database. To explicitly specify the database in a request, the request URI must contain
the [database name](../appendix-glossary.html#database-name) in front of the actual path:
http://localhost:8529/_db/mydb/...
where *...* is the actual path to the accessed resource. In the example, the resource will be
accessed in the context of the database *mydb*. Actual URLs in the context of *mydb* could look
like this:
http://localhost:8529/_db/mydb/_api/version
http://localhost:8529/_db/mydb/_api/document/test/12345
http://localhost:8529/_db/mydb/myapp/get