# addAzureSearch

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

Adds an Azure AI Search service resource to the application model.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addAzureSearch(name: string): AzureSearchResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)

## Returns

[AzureSearchResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.search/azuresearchresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.search/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)