nginx: auth_basic for everything except a specific location

Question

How can I enable HTTP Basic Auth for everything except for a certain file?

Here is my current server block configuration for the location:

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Answer 1

Only auth_basic off didn't work for me If we have to skip auth for ALL uri's under our url

location ^~ /some/location/to_skip/ {
  auth_basic off;
  try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
}