# SurrealDbNamespaceResource.addDatabase

- Module: [CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.SurrealDb](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.surrealdb.md)
- Defined on: [SurrealDbNamespaceResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.surrealdb/surrealdbnamespaceresource.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`

Adds a SurrealDB database resource to the application model

## Definition

```typescript
interface SurrealDbNamespaceResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addDatabase(
      name: string,
      databaseName?: string): SurrealDbDatabaseResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
addDatabase(
    name: string,
    databaseName?: string): SurrealDbDatabaseResource
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `databaseName` (`string`) `optional`

## Returns

[SurrealDbDatabaseResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.surrealdb/surrealdbdatabaseresource.md) `builder`

## Defined on

- [SurrealDbNamespaceResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.surrealdb/surrealdbnamespaceresource.md) -- `handle`