let $tokens := fetch:xml(„relative/to/.basex-home/tokens.xml")//entry

With `fetch:xml` in contrast to `doc()` it should work consistently across all modes of operation (REST, RestXQ, BaseX Standalone).

See: http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Fetch_Module#Conventions

And this GIST for resolving inconsistencies: https://gist.github.com/micheee/2baf385a1974c9da0db867ed2634cf48

I am not really sure when the behavior of `doc` in the REST servlet changed, but a commit between 8.5.4 and 8.6 must have introduced this change.

`RESTPATH` is used to define the location of the XQuery files ran via the `?run=`-Parameter, but it does not change the base uri of the static context.

Hope this won’t cause too much trouble with your codebase.

Best

Michael

Btw. You are not the first one to encounter the intricacies of the doc() function: https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/issues/1435

Am 04.09.2017 um 14:32 schrieb Günter Dunz-Wolff <guenter.dunzwolff@gmail.com>:

Hi Michael,

thanks for the information.
I changed
let $tokens := doc("tokens.xml")//entry
to
let $tokens := fetch:xml("tokens.xml")//entry
(tokens.xml is in the same directory as the xq-file.)

The problem is still the same:
[bxerr:BXFE0001] Resource "/Users/User/tokens.xml (No such file or directory)" not found.

The path should be: /Users/User/Documents/project/BaseXWeb/tokens.xml

Same problems with RESTPATH empty or path to project-folder.

As I wrote, I have only problems with the REST-Service, not with RESTXQ.

Best,
Guenter