Nuxt/docs/2.guide/2.directory-structure/1.modules.md

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IconDirectory	modules	modules/	Use the modules/ directory to automatically register local modules within your application.

Modules Directory

Nuxt scans the modules/ directory and loads them before starting. It is a good place to place any local modules you develop while building your application.

The auto-registered files patterns are:

• modules/*/index.ts
• modules/*.ts

You don't need to add those local modules to your nuxt.config.ts separately.

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// `nuxt/kit` is a helper subpath import you can use when defining local modules
// that means you do not need to add `@nuxt/kit` to your project's dependencies
import { createResolver, defineNuxtModule, addServerHandler } from 'nuxt/kit'

export default defineNuxtModule({
  meta: {
    name: 'hello'
  },
  setup () {
    const { resolve } = createResolver(import.meta.url)

    // Add an API route
    addServerHandler({
      route: '/api/hello',
      handler: resolve('./runtime/api-route')
    })
  }
})

export default defineEventHandler(() => {
  return { hello: 'world' }
})

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When starting Nuxt, the hello module will be registered and the /api/hello route will be available.

The local modules are registered by alphabetical order. You can change the order by prefixing with a number if front of each directory:

modules/
  1.first-module/
    index.ts
  2.second-module.ts

:ReadMore{link="/docs/guide/going-further/modules"}