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Embedding images in a Rails Builder generated RSS feed

Hi, I'm currently building an RSS feed for my Rails application using Builder (the wealth of tutorials out there for doing it this way helped), but become a little bit stuck when it comes to adding an image alongside it (which has been uploaded via Paperclip), like a lot of the top publications do. I'm currently using this to make the t...

Undefined method has_attached_file after Paperclip installation?

Not sure if I've done everything right here. I added the Paperclip gem to my Gemfile and did bundle install. I followed along with the readme instructions on Paperclips Github page. I wasn't sure if I needed to install ImageMagick. But, I found a script on Github for installation on Snow Leopard, so I ran: rails plugin install http:/...

Rails 3 - Understanding attr_accessible with paper_clip

Hi... Just started learning how to use paper_clip. I installed everything according the instructions and tried to upload an image (profile_pic)... I got the error that I can't mass assign profile_pic... so I added attr_accessible: :profile_pic And that stopped that error. What I'm curious about is I don't have a 'profile_pic' column i...

Rails 3, Paper_Clip + S3 - Howto Store for an Instance and Protect Access

I have a Rail3 app with paper_clip, with the intent to store data on S3. In the app, Users belong to an instance. I would like the data stored across all the models per instance. And would like to prevent a user for Instance A from accessing, or being able to load data from Instance B. What's the best way to handle this? thanks ...

Rails app, upload via API, test via curl

How can i make my photo rails app to receive images (and handling them with paperclip) through the built in API using paperclip plugin. My app works fine when upload from browser..How can i test the API with curl command? How can specify the end-point url? thanks. ...

Which is the best route to take when uploading images from my Rails app to Amazon's S3?

I have a web app in which users can upload an avatar under 700kb. That's the only part of the application dealing with uploading images (so I won't be dealing with an exceptionally heavy load). I was wondering what the best way is to go about this. Currently I'm using Paperclip and I wan't to store all of the images on Amazon's S3. Opti...

Paperclip error in rails3 on passenger

Rails3 on passenger. I have imagemagick installed and working correctly however I receive the following error when trying to add an image via paperclip. This works fine on in development, but not in production on passenger. [paperclip] An error was received while processing: #<Paperclip::PaperclipError: There was an error processing the...

Paperclip - Default Style per Style? Possible

Hello, I'm using paperclip, and have several styles: :styles => {:large => "300x300>", :medium => "150x150>", :small => "50x50>", :thumb => "30x30>" } The issue is default_stype, only applies to one of the sizes... :default_style => :thumb, :default_url => url here.... How can I set default_stypes for each style type? so if I call:...

How to upload audio files using Paperclip in Rails 3?

I'm very new to Rails. Basically, I have a Sound model that uploads an audio file(wav) and store it somewhere on the local machine (for testing). How to set it up using Paperclip? I googled but unfortunately most of the tutorials are about image uploading:-( Any inputs are greatly appreciated. ...

Is paperclip support rails3? how can i support upload pdf files only?

now i am trying to upload a pdf file to the server ,but i get nothing,when i try to get the url of the attached file,i got some missing.png file name. Is there some where i can set to tell the paperclip that i just want to upload pdf files but not pictures? great thanks... here is my class settings =====================================...

Paperclip ruby on rails s3 to_file method

I'm very confused here as to why paperclip isn't working for me. When accessing a previously saved file on s3 for processing this method of the paperclip s3 storage class causes an error: def to_file style = default_style return @queued_for_write[style] if @queued_for_write[style] filename = path(style).split(".") extname...

Custom cropping in Rails with Paperclip

I'm currently using Paperclip to upload an image and automatically generate a thumbnail. Now I would also like to add a second style that generates a one-pixel-wide image using the left-most column of pixels in the uploaded image (it should also have the same height as the original image). I'll be using the one-pixel-wide image as a repe...

Paperclip with valums's file-uploader

I am using Paperclip to upload image on Rails3. Now I want to use valums's file-uploader to do multiple image upload. I have already set the multiple image upload correctly. Each Product(a particular model) has_many photos. each photo has_one item. (FROM: rails g paperclip photo item) My question is how to use valums's file-uploader? And...

Access to paperclip temp file when using s3 storage option on heroku

I am using the Paperclip gem to resize upload photos and store them on amazon S3. I need access to the resized photo to also pass along to another web service, during the lifecycle of the upload request. I suspect there is a temp file created somewhere the imagemagik uses before the photo is uploaded to s3. How can I get access to it....

Paperclip & Rails Api

I have a photo rails app using paperclip. My model called photo and the request parameter also photo.So when i am trying to upload via curl i use : curl -F "photo[photo]=@/pics/pic.jpg" http://something/photos.xml . That's works fine! How can i change the photo[photo] parameter to "photo" or "media" or something else? How can i change th...

Using Paperclip with files already on Amazon s3

Hi guys, I am building a Rails application that works with videos. I am using an encoding service that encodes my video and places the encoded file along with some thumbnails in a specified location on my s3. I am able to access the video via AWS:S3 like so: AWS::S3::S3Object.find 'videos/36/base/video.mp4', 'my-bucket-name' -- or -...

Heroku: Running imagemagick w/ paperclip

I have installed image magick on my mac os x computer and now I want to deploy it to heroku. I've installed the the paperclip plugin on heroku but I get this error when uploading an image: Paperclip::CommandNotFoundError I had this error before when I didn't have imagemagick instaledl on my computer before but now that I want to deplo...

Heroku: Rails 3 and rmagick

Hi, I'm seeing the following error when trying to upload a photo for cropping on heroku with the paperclip plugin. Paperclip::CommandNotFoundError I believe I've successfully install rmagick on a rails 3 instance with bamboo as the stack. Why am i seeing this error? has_attached_file :avatar, :styles => {:large => "600x600>",:small ...

ActiveSupport requires Ruby version >= 1.8.7 on Ubuntu

Hi, I'm currently setting up a new server, and started off with an Ubuntu 8.04 image with a version of Ruby and Rails already preinstalled (I thought it would be easier), and after getting my app running (with a few gems installed), the command line is throwing a wobbly, and trying to install the "Paperclip" gem, is giving the following ...

Paperclip in Rails, can't upload picture. Previously was ok.

I got this some kind of permission error in my log. Everything was working fine previously, I have tested the photos controller of mine, and it worked well. So I started working on other controllers. Then somehow I found this error happening. Appreciate if someone could help. Processing PhotosController#create (for 115.164.151.52 at 2...