# AzureAISearchToolResource.withReference

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Foundry](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.foundry.md)
- Defined on: [AzureAISearchToolResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.foundry/azureaisearchtoolresource.md)
- Version: `13.4.0-preview.1.26281.18`
- Kind: `method`

Links an Azure AI Search tool to a backing search resource.

## Definition

```typescript
interface AzureAISearchToolResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  withReference(search: AzureSearchResource): AzureAISearchToolResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
withReference(search: AzureSearchResource): AzureAISearchToolResource
```

## Parameters

- `search` (`AzureSearchResource`)

## Returns

[AzureAISearchToolResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.foundry/azureaisearchtoolresource.md) `builder`

## Defined on

- [AzureAISearchToolResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.foundry/azureaisearchtoolresource.md) -- `handle`