# withInitFiles

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

Copies init files into a MongoDB container resource.

## Definition

```typescript
interface MongoDBServerResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  withInitFiles(source: string): MongoDBServerResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `source` (`string`)

## Returns

[MongoDBServerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.mongodb/mongodbserverresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [MongoDBServerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.mongodb/mongodbserverresource.md)