# addDatabase

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

Adds a MySQL database to the application model.

## Definition

```typescript
interface MySqlServerResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addDatabase(
    name: string,
    databaseName?: string): MySqlDatabaseResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `databaseName` (`string`) `optional`

## Returns

[MySqlDatabaseResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.mysql/mysqldatabaseresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [MySqlServerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.mysql/mysqlserverresource.md)