Specify which controllers to exclude from before_filter
In the controller where you want to skip a before filter specified in an inherited controller, you can tell rails to skip the filter
class ApplicationController before_filter :authenticate_user!endclass SessionsController < ApplicationController skip_before_filter :authenticate_user!end
You can qualify a filter with :only or :except.
before_filter :filter_name, :except => [:action1, :action2]Or if the filter (as I now see is the case in your situation) is defined in ApplicationController and you want to bypass it in a subclass controller, you can use a skip_before_filter with the same qualifications in the subclass controller:
skip_before_filter :filter_name, :except => [:action1, :action2]
In config/application.rb
config.to_prepare do Devise::SessionsController.skip_before_filter :authenticate_user!endReferenced by:
How to skip a before_filter for Devise's SessionsController?