# readResourceKind

`import { readResourceKind } from "destack:runtime";`

Read one resource kind.

```ds title="readResourceKind"
export declare function readResourceKind(resource: ResourceId): Result<ResourceKind, HostError>
```

[language/library/src/runtime/resource.ds:55](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/runtime/resource.ds#L55)