How to display images in Rails without plugins like Paper Clip?

Question

I'm trying to display images using my web application written in Rails. I've come across solutions like PaperClip, Attachment Fu etc; but they modify my data model and require to save the image through UI. The problem is that, the images content is not stored using Rails, but a Java Servlet Application. Is there a way to just display the blob content of image to my View.

-Snehal

Answer 1

class ImagesController < ApplicationController
  caches_page :show
  def show
    if @image = Image.find_by_file_name(params[:file_name])
      send_data(
        @image.file_data, 
        :type => @image.content_type,
        :filename => @image.file_name,
        :disposition => 'inline'
      )
    else
      render :file => "#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/404.html", :status => 404
    end
  end
end

map.connect "/images/*file_name", :controller => "images", :action => "show"

Or something like that.