# addDataAPIBuilder

- Module: [CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Azure.DataApiBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.azure.dataapibuilder.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Aspire)

Adds a DataAPIBuilder application to the application model. Executes the pre-built containerized DataAPIBuilder engine.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addDataAPIBuilder(
    name: string,
    configFilePaths?: string[],
    httpPort?: number): DataApiBuilderContainerResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `configFilePaths` (`string[]`) `optional`
- `httpPort` (`number`) `optional`

## Returns

[DataApiBuilderContainerResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.azure.dataapibuilder/dataapibuildercontainerresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.azure.dataapibuilder/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)