# Defining custom routes with Nuxt.js > Nuxt.js is based on vue-router and allows you to defined custom routes :rocket: ## Usage Add your custom routes inside `nuxt.config.js`: ```js module.exports = { routes: [ { path: '/users/:id', component: 'pages/user' } ] } ``` | key | Optional? | definition | |------|------------| | `path` | **Required** | Route path, it can have dynamic mapping, look at [vue-router documentation](https://router.vuejs.org/en/essentials/dynamic-matching.html) about it. | | `component` | **Required** | Path to the `.vue` component, if relative, it has to be from the app folder. | | `name` | Optional | Route name, useful for linking to it with ``, see [vue-router documentation](https://router.vuejs.org/en/essentials/named-routes.html) about it. | | `meta` | Optional | Let you add custom fields to get back inside your component (available in the context via `route.meta` inside `data` and `fetch` methods). See [vue-router documentation](https://router.vuejs.org/en/advanced/meta.html) about it. | | `children` | Optional | *Not supported* | ## Hidden pages >If you want don't want nuxt.js to generate a route for a specific page, you just have to **rename it with _ at the beginning**. Let's say I have a component `pages/user.vue` and I don't want nuxt.js to create the `/user`. I can rename it to `pages/_user.vue` and voilĂ ! You can then change the component path in the `nuxt.config.js`: ```js // ... { path: '/users/:id', component: 'pages/_user' } // ... ``` ## Demo ```bash npm install npm start ``` Go to [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) and navigate through the pages.