# addBicepTemplate

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

Adds an Azure Bicep resource to the application model.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addBicepTemplate(
    name: string,
    bicepFile: string): AzureBicepResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `bicepFile` (`string`)

## Returns

[AzureBicepResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure/azurebicepresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

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