I''m trying to set up my RESTful controllers to allow public reading of data only when they are requesting XML. I''m using acts_as_authenticated for my authentication, and am basically trying to do something like this: class MyController < AC before_filter :login_required do |controller| true if controller.params[:format] == ''xml'' end def index @models = Model.find(:all) respond_to do |wants| wants.html { render :nothing => true } wants.js { render :partial => ''index'' } wants.xml { render :xml => @models.to_xml } end end end Should I just make the whole action public or is there a proper way of doing this? Thanks Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---