site/_src/_guide/_setup.md

# Setup

Start by installing the official BigchainDB [JavaScript driver](https://github.com/bigchaindb/js-bigchaindb-driver), [Python driver](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-driver) or [Java driver](https://github.com/bigchaindb/java-bigchaindb-driver):

```bash
# JavaScript driver
npm i bigchaindb-driver
```

```bash
# Python driver
pip install -U bigchaindb-driver
```

```xml
<!-- Java driver, in pom.xml for Maven users -->
<dependency>
	<groupId>com.bigchaindb</groupId>
	<artifactId>bigchaindb-driver</artifactId>
	<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
```

Then, include that as a module and connect to any BigchainDB node.

```js
const BigchainDB = require('bigchaindb-driver')

const API_PATH = '{{ site.bigchaindb_api_url }}/api/v1/'
const conn = new BigchainDB.Connection(API_PATH)
```

```python
from bigchaindb_driver import BigchainDB

conn = BigchainDB('{{ site.bigchaindb_api_url }}')
```

```java
BigchainDbConfigBuilder
	.baseUrl("{{ site.bigchaindb_api_url }}/").setup();
```