# addPerlApi

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

Adds a Perl API server resource (e.g., Mojolicious, Dancer2) to the application model. Passes the `daemon` subcommand so HTTP frameworks start a listener.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addPerlApi(
    resourceName: string,
    appDirectory: string,
    scriptName: string): PerlAppResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `resourceName` (`string`)
- `appDirectory` (`string`)
- `scriptName` (`string`)

## Returns

[PerlAppResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.perl/perlappresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

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