# withUrlExpression

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

Adds a URL using a reference expression

## Definition

```typescript
interface ContainerResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  withUrlExpression(
    url: ReferenceExpression,
    displayText?: string): IResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `url` ([ReferenceExpression](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/referenceexpression.md))
- `displayText` (`string`) `optional`

## Returns

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

## Applies to

- [ContainerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/containerresource.md)
- [ExecutableResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/executableresource.md)
- [ProjectResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/projectresource.md)
- [ParameterResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/parameterresource.md)
- [ConnectionStringResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/connectionstringresource.md)
- [ContainerRegistryResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/containerregistryresource.md)
- [DotnetToolResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/dotnettoolresource.md)
- [ExternalServiceResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/externalserviceresource.md)
- [CSharpAppResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/csharpappresource.md)