# addDotnetProject

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Dotnet](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.dotnet.md)
- Version: `13.5.3-preview.1.26425.3`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/tree/b5f143315ffb6968ea939a9978797a5b20e4c688)

Adds a C# application resource.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addDotnetProject(
    name: string,
    path: string,
    options?: ProjectResourceOptions): DotnetProjectResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `path` (`string`)
- `options` (`ProjectResourceOptions`) `optional`

## Returns

[DotnetProjectResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.dotnet/dotnetprojectresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

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