# OpenAIResource Constructors

- Package: [Aspire.Hosting.OpenAI](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.openai.md)
- Type: [OpenAIResource](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.openai/openairesource.md)
- Kind: `Constructors`
- Members: `1`

Represents a logical OpenAI account/configuration that can host one or more [OpenAIModelResource](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.openai/openaimodelresource.md) children.

## OpenAIResource(string, ParameterResource)

- Name: `Constructor(string, ParameterResource)`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/cbc352350f1a9bafbaff10d14a2c8de4ac186a48/src/Aspire.Hosting.OpenAI/OpenAIResource.cs#L20-L30)

Creates a new [OpenAIResource](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.openai/openairesource.md).

```csharp
public sealed class OpenAIResource
{
    public OpenAIResource(
        string name,
        ParameterResource key)
    {
        // ...
    }
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
  Resource name.
- `key` (`ParameterResource`)
  API key parameter for OpenAI.