# addParameterFromConfiguration

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

Adds a parameter sourced from configuration

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addParameterFromConfiguration(
    name: string,
    configurationKey: string,
    secret?: boolean): ParameterResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `configurationKey` (`string`)
- `secret` (`boolean`) `optional` `= False`

## Returns

[ParameterResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/parameterresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

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