# IDistributedApplicationBuilder.addParameterWithGeneratedValue

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

Adds a parameter with a generated default value

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addParameterWithGeneratedValue(
      name: string,
      value: GenerateParameterDefault,
      secret?: boolean,
      persist?: boolean): ParameterResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
addParameterWithGeneratedValue(
    name: string,
    value: GenerateParameterDefault,
    secret?: boolean,
    persist?: boolean): ParameterResource
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `value` ([GenerateParameterDefault](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/generateparameterdefault.md))
- `secret` (`boolean`) `optional` `= False`
- `persist` (`boolean`) `optional` `= False`

## Returns

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

## Defined on

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