# AzureKeyVaultResource.addSecret

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure.KeyVault](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.keyvault.md)
- Defined on: [AzureKeyVaultResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.keyvault/azurekeyvaultresource.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`

Adds a secret to the Azure Key Vault

## Definition

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

## Signature

```typescript
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`

## Defined on

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