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id: client-libraries-cpp-initialize title: Initialize a C++ client object sidebar_label: “Initialize” description: Learn how to Initialize C++ client in Pulsar.

You can instantiate a Client object using just a URL for the target Pulsar cluster like this:

Client client("pulsar://localhost:6650");

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If you run a cluster in standalone mode, the broker is available at the pulsar://localhost:6650 URL by default.

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