# addNodeApp

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

Adds a node application to the application model. Node should be available on the PATH.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addNodeApp(
    name: string,
    appDirectory: string,
    scriptPath: string): NodeAppResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `appDirectory` (`string`)
- `scriptPath` (`string`)

## Returns

[NodeAppResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.javascript/nodeappresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

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