# DistributedApplicationModel.findResourceByName

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.md)
- Defined on: [DistributedApplicationModel](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/distributedapplicationmodel.md)
- Version: `13.3.0`
- Kind: `method`

Finds a resource by name

## Definition

```typescript
interface DistributedApplicationModel {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  findResourceByName(name: string): IResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
findResourceByName(name: string): IResource
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)

## Returns

[IResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/iresource.md)

## Defined on

- [DistributedApplicationModel](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/distributedapplicationmodel.md) -- `handle`