# ExternalServiceResource

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

## Definition

```typescript
interface ExternalServiceResource extends IResource {
  withExternalServiceHttpHealthCheck(
      path?: string,
      statusCode?: number): ExternalServiceResource;
}
```

## Methods

- [withExternalServiceHttpHealthCheck](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/externalserviceresource/withexternalservicehttphealthcheck.md) -- `method` -- Adds an HTTP health check to an external service
    ```typescript
  withExternalServiceHttpHealthCheck(path?: string, statusCode?: number): ExternalServiceResource
  ```