skip before action in child controller

Question

I have an application controller where I'm handling some authentication

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  before_action :prep_data
  def prep_data
   # code...
   # authenticate
  end
end

and I have a controller that inherits from this one

class OtherController < ApplicationController
  def custom_action_method
  end
end

can I skip the before_action hook for the OtherController for a custom action method custom_action_method

Answer 1

I found the answer, this is the syntax

class OtherController < ApplicationController
  skip_before_action :prep_data, only: [:custom_action_method]

  def custom_action_method
  end
end