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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://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/elasticsearch-java/pull/1224/reference/transport/rest5-client/usage
products:
  - Elasticsearch Client
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# 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.