How to skip Devise authentication when using an API key?

Question

I\'m using Devise on my application and would like to create a global API key that can access JSON data of anyone\'s account without having to log-in.

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Answer 1

One option no one has mentioned is to have a completely separate set of controllers for the API that do not inherit from ApplicationController.

I have seen the pattern used where API controllers live in files such as /app/controllers/api/v1/somethings.rb and are accessible via routes such as /api/v1/somethings. Each of the specific API controllers inherits from a base API controller that inherits from ActionController::Base, so does not include any of the filters defined on ApplicationController.