# DistributedApplicationModel

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `handle`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Represents a distributed application.

## Definition

```typescript
interface DistributedApplicationModel {
  findResourceByName(name: string): IResource;
  getResources(): IResource[];
}
```

## Methods

- [findResourceByName](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/distributedapplicationmodel/findresourcebyname.md) -- `method` -- Finds a resource by name.
    ```typescript
  findResourceByName(name: string): IResource
  ```
- [getResources](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/distributedapplicationmodel/getresources.md) -- `method` -- Gets all resources in the distributed application model.
    ```typescript
  getResources(): IResource[]
  ```