# asExpress

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure.AppContainers](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.appcontainers.md)
- Version: `13.6.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/tree/f4c27f2d43ddc1cacd0dd083b30d1fea1cee7a62)

Configures the container app environment to publish and deploy HTTP applications using Azure Container Apps Express.

## Definition

```typescript
interface AzureContainerAppEnvironmentResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  asExpress(): AzureContainerAppEnvironmentResource
}
```

## Returns

[AzureContainerAppEnvironmentResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.appcontainers/azurecontainerappenvironmentresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [AzureContainerAppEnvironmentResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.appcontainers/azurecontainerappenvironmentresource.md)