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title: Getting started with the Elasticsearch Java Rest 5 client
description: This section describes how to get started with the low-level REST client from getting the artifact to using it in an application. 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/clients/java/transport/rest5-client/usage
products:
  - Elasticsearch Client
  - Elasticsearch Java Client
---

# Getting started with the Elasticsearch Java Rest 5 client
This section describes how to get started with the low-level REST client from getting the artifact to using it in an application.