# OpenAIResource.addModel

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.OpenAI](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.openai.md)
- Defined on: [OpenAIResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.openai/openairesource.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`

Adds an OpenAI Model child to the provided OpenAI resource.

## Definition

```typescript
interface OpenAIResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addModel(
      name: string,
      model: string): OpenAIModelResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
addModel(
    name: string,
    model: string): OpenAIModelResource
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `model` (`string`)

## Returns

[OpenAIModelResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.openai/openaimodelresource.md) `builder`

## Defined on

- [OpenAIResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.openai/openairesource.md) -- `handle`