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

I know its been a while since this was asked, but thought I would throw in one more option that i've used in the past

class Api::ApplicationController < ApplicationController

skip_before_filter :authenticate_user!

This assumes that you have an application controller in your API directory that all of your api controllers inherit from. If not, you can just put the skip in each controller.