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title: Basic usage
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# Basic usage
Once your [Glide server](/config/the-server/) is configured, there are a number of methods available to interact with it. For basic setups you'll likely only need the `outputImage()` method. However, if you plan to use Glide with a queuing server or in other more complex configurations, these methods will be useful.
## Available methods
~~~ php
<?php
$server->getSourcePath(); // Get the source path
$server->getCachePath(); // Get the cache path
$server->sourceFileExists(); // Check if a source file exists
$server->cacheFileExists(); // Check if a cache file exists
$server->outputImage(); // Generate and output manipulated image
$server->getImageResponse(); // Generate and return response object of manipulated image
$server->makeImage(); // Generate manipulated image
~~~
## Accepted method parameters
All of the above methods will accept an instance of the `Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request` class. However, sometimes it's desirable to manually pass the image path and manipulation parameters. Glide makes this easy by also allowing you to pass a `$path` and `$params` combination to the above methods. Consider the following example:
~~~ php
<?php
Route::get('img/users/{id}/small', function($id) use ($server) {
$server->outputImage(
'/users/' . $id . '.jpg',
[
'w' => 300,
'h' => 400,
'fit' => 'crop',
]
);
});
~~~