# addSecret

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure.KeyVault](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.keyvault.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds a secret to the Azure Key Vault

## Definition

```typescript
interface AzureKeyVaultResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addSecret(
    name: string,
    value: ReferenceExpression,
    secretName?: string): AzureKeyVaultSecretResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `value` (`ReferenceExpression`)
- `secretName` (`string`) `optional`

## Returns

[AzureKeyVaultSecretResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.keyvault/azurekeyvaultsecretresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [AzureKeyVaultResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.keyvault/azurekeyvaultresource.md)