1# Starting a Local PageAbility 2 3 4The capabilities related to the PageAbility are provided through the **featureAbility** class. For example, **startAbility()** in **featureAbility** is used to the PageAbility. 5 6**Table 1** featureAbility APIs 7 8| API| Description| 9| -------- | -------- | 10| startAbility(parameter: StartAbilityParameter) | Starts an ability.| 11| startAbilityForResult(parameter: StartAbilityParameter) | Starts an ability and returns the execution result when the ability is terminated.| 12 13 14The following code snippet shows how to explicitly start a PageAbility through **startAbility()**. The parameters passed in for starting an ability include **want**. For details about the **want** parameter as well as implicit startup and explicit startup, see [Want](want-fa.md). 15 16```ts 17import featureAbility from '@ohos.ability.featureAbility' 18(async () => { 19 try { 20 console.info('Begin to start ability') 21 let param = { 22 want: { 23 bundleName: "com.example.myapplication", 24 moduleName: "entry", 25 abilityName: "com.example.myapplication.EntryAbility" 26 } 27 } 28 await featureAbility.startAbility(param) 29 console.info(`Start ability succeed`) 30 } 31 catch (error) { 32 console.error('Start ability failed with ' + error) 33 } 34})() 35``` 36