# ExternalServiceResource.withHttpHealthCheck

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

Adds an HTTP health check to the external service for polyglot app hosts.

## Definition

```typescript
interface ExternalServiceResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  withHttpHealthCheck(
      path?: string,
      statusCode?: number,
      endpointName?: string): ExternalServiceResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
withHttpHealthCheck(
    path?: string,
    statusCode?: number,
    endpointName?: string): ExternalServiceResource
```

## Parameters

- `path` (`string`) `optional`
- `statusCode` (`number`) `optional`
- `endpointName` (`string`) `optional`

## Returns

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

## Defined on

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