Stop sign_in redirect for bad auth request, return 401 error instead

[Casey Gipson]

I'm building a JSON API not using sessions only auth_token requests however if I hit a controller with before_filter :authenticate_user! devise tries to redirect me to a sign_in route that I've specified not to even include.

Are there any ways around this redirect that include returning a 401 if it is an unauthenticated request?

[Casey Gipson]

So, the issue was with some config settings that I mis-read.  

I needed to remove :json from navigation routes to prevent redirecting... 

All is well!