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title: 'API docs: service-proxy.servicemixindoc.serviceprovider'
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## ServiceMixinDoc.serviceProvider() method

Add a service to this application.

**Signature:**

```typescript
serviceProvider<S>(provider: Constructor<Provider<S>>): Binding<S>;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  provider | [Constructor](./context.constructor.md)<!-- -->&lt;[Provider](./context.provider.md)<!-- -->&lt;S&gt;&gt; | The service provider to register. |

**Returns:**

[Binding](./context.binding.md)<!-- -->&lt;S&gt;

## Example


```ts
export interface GeocoderService {
  geocode(address: string): Promise<GeoPoint[]>;
}

export class GeocoderServiceProvider implements Provider<GeocoderService> {
  constructor(
    @inject('datasources.geocoder')
    protected dataSource: juggler.DataSource = new GeocoderDataSource(),
  ) {}

  value(): Promise<GeocoderService> {
    return getService(this.dataSource);
  }
}

app.serviceProvider(GeocoderServiceProvider);
```