# AzureOpenAIResource Methods

- Package: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure.CognitiveServices](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.azure.cognitiveservices.md)
- Type: [AzureOpenAIResource](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.azure.cognitiveservices/azureopenairesource.md)
- Kind: `Methods`
- Members: `1`

Represents an Azure OpenAI resource.

## AddAsExistingResource(AzureResourceInfrastructure)

- Name: `AddAsExistingResource(AzureResourceInfrastructure)`
- Modifiers: `override`
- Returns: `ProvisionableResource`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/5bd693ae1897dee5e2ce71c2cc08879c1c7eff51/src/Aspire.Hosting.Azure.CognitiveServices/AzureOpenAIResource.cs#L88-L111)

```csharp
public class AzureOpenAIResource
{
    public override ProvisionableResource AddAsExistingResource(
        AzureResourceInfrastructure infra)
    {
        // ...
    }
}
```

## Parameters

- `infra` (`AzureResourceInfrastructure`)