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 A more flexible way to use Faraday is to start with a Connection object. If you want to keep the same defaults, you can use this syntax:
 
 ```ruby
-conn = Faraday.new(:url => 'http://www.example.com')
-response = conn.get '/users'                 # GET http://www.example.com/users'
+conn = Faraday.new(:url => 'http://www.example.com/api')
+response = conn.get 'users'                 # GET http://www.example.com/api/users'
+
+# You can override the path from the connection initializer by using an absolute path
+response = conn.get '/users'                # GET http://www.example.com/users'
 ```
 
 Connections can also take an options hash as a parameter or be configured by using a block. Checkout the section called [Advanced middleware usage](#advanced-middleware-usage) for more details about how to use this block for configurations.