# addExternalService

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.md)
- Version: `13.2.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds an external service resource

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addExternalService(
    name: string,
    url: string): ExternalServiceResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `url` (`string`)

## Returns

[ExternalServiceResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/externalserviceresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

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