# IPipelineOutputService

- Kind: `interface`
- Package: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.md)
- Version: `13.3.0`
- Namespace: `Aspire.Hosting.Pipelines`
- Target framework: `net8.0`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/bd20f904cde09ecb9c9ae5116a6f13614bf2d7c2/src/Aspire.Hosting/Pipelines/IPipelineOutputService.cs)

Service for managing pipeline output directories.

## Definition

```csharp
namespace Aspire.Hosting.Pipelines;

public interface IPipelineOutputService
{
    // ...
}
```

## Methods

- [GetOutputDirectory](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/ipipelineoutputservice/methods.md#getoutputdirectory) : `string` `abstract` -- Gets the output directory for deployment artifacts. If no output path is configured, defaults to the AppHost directory's `aspire-output` folder. Falls back to the current directory when the AppHost directory is unavailable.
- [GetOutputDirectory(IResource)](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/ipipelineoutputservice/methods.md#getoutputdirectory-iresource) : `string` `abstract` -- Gets the output directory for a specific resource's deployment artifacts.
- [GetTempDirectory](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/ipipelineoutputservice/methods.md#gettempdirectory) : `string` `abstract` -- Gets a temporary directory for build artifacts.
- [GetTempDirectory(IResource)](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/ipipelineoutputservice/methods.md#gettempdirectory-iresource) : `string` `abstract` -- Gets a temporary directory for a specific resource's build artifacts.