---
title: Resource methods
url: /docs/iac/concepts/functions/resource-methods/
---
Provider SDKs may also include _methods_ attached to a resource type. These methods return computed values from resources you are managing with Pulumi. For example, in the [EKS](/registry/packages/eks/api-docs/) SDK, the `Cluster` resource has a [.GetKubeconfig](/registry/packages/eks/api-docs/cluster/#method_GetKubeconfig) method:

```typescript
getKubeconfig(args?: Cluster.GetKubeconfigArgs): Output<Cluster.GetKubeconfigResult>
```

```csharp
public Output<string> GetKubeconfig(Cluster.GetKubeconfigArgs? args)
```

```go
func (r *Cluster) GetKubeconfig(ctx *Context, args *ClusterGetKubeconfigArgs) (pulumi.StringOutput, error)
```

```python
def get_kubeconfig(self,
                   profile_name: Optional[pulumi.Input[str]] = None,
                   role_arn: Optional[pulumi.Input[str]] = None) -> Output[str]
```

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Unlike provider functions, methods always appear in the _output form_: they take `Input` arguments, and return an `Output` (because they cannot execute until after the resource has been created). Resource methods do not accept invoke options.