# publishAsNpmScript

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.JavaScript](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.javascript.md)
- Version: `13.3.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Publishes the JavaScript application as a Node.js server that uses a package manager script at runtime.

## Definition

```typescript
interface JavaScriptAppResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  publishAsNpmScript(
    startScriptName?: string,
    runScriptArguments?: string): JavaScriptAppResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `startScriptName` (`string`) `optional` `= start`
- `runScriptArguments` (`string`) `optional`

## Returns

[JavaScriptAppResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.javascript/javascriptappresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [JavaScriptAppResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.javascript/javascriptappresource.md)
- [NextJsAppResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.javascript/nextjsappresource.md)
- [NodeAppResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.javascript/nodeappresource.md)
- [ViteAppResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.javascript/viteappresource.md)