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Combine Middleware: Usage except Source evidence: /Sources/honojs hono/provenance.md Canonical citation: https://hono.dev/llms full.txt except Summary Runs a...
Combine Middleware: Usage > except
Source evidence: /Sources/honojs__hono/provenance.md Canonical citation: https://hono.dev/llms-full.txt#except
Summary
Runs all middleware except when the condition is met. You can pass a string or function as the condition. If multiple targets need to be matched, pass them as an array. ```ts import { except } from 'hono/combine' import { bearerAuth } fr...
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Runs all middleware except when the condition is met. You can pass a string or function as the condition. If multiple targets need to be matched, pass them as an array.
import { except } from 'hono/combine'
import { bearerAuth } from 'hono/bearer-auth'
// If client is accessing public API, skip authentication.
// Otherwise, require a valid token.
app.use('/api/*', except('/api/public/*', bearerAuth({ token })))
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