# Get server-side controller method to be called via plugin route

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [July 12, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-server-side-controller-method-to-be-called-via-plugin-route/92186 "2018-07-12T14:55:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![kleinfreund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@kleinfreund](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kleinfreund)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-server-side-controller-method-to-be-called-via-plugin-route/92186/2 "2018-07-13T09:33:50Z")

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Please, correct me if I’m wrong, but this has to do with this little line at the top of the controller:

```ruby
skip_before_action :check_xhr

```

Adding it to a controller will achieve the desired outcome of having a server-side-only route.

Is it possible to only skip this particular before action for requests with a certain content type (e.g. HTML)?

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**Update** : My current solution works like this:

1. The before action `check_xhr` will be skipped
2. A new before action `check_xhr_for_documents` is added. It explicitly calls `check_xhr` when some condition is true (e.g. the request format is HTML)

```ruby
class PluginRoutesController < ApplicationController
  before_action :check_xhr_for_documents
  skip_before_action :check_xhr

  def show
    Rails.logger.info '┌────────────┐'
    Rails.logger.info '│ Here we go │'
    Rails.logger.info '└────────────┘'
  end

  private

  def check_xhr_for_documents
    if request.format == 'text/html'
      check_xhr
    end
  end
end

```

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