Rails Skip Before Filter on API Call

Question

Is there any way to skip the before filter for an action when an API call is being made?

So generally I want before_filter x to be executed EXCEPT when I'm doing an API call.

skip_before_filter :x, :except => API CALL BEING MADE

Answer 1

It depends a little in how you define an API call. If it's any request with a JSON format you could do something like this:

skip_before_action :x if: -> { request.format.json? }

This doesn't seem to be an ideal solution though, and it might be better to make separate controllers for Web and API. You might do something along these lines:

class APIController < ApplicationController
     # API-specific filters
end

class SomeOtherController < APIController
    # your API actions
end

And you'd do the same for web, then configure your routes to take the request to the correct controller action.

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

In your controller you can add

    skip_before_action :x, only: WHEN API CALL BEING MADE

I guess, you would want only and not except