Rails 3 Uploadify + Paperclip File Data Is Never Sent - ruby-on-rails-3

Question

I'm using Rails 3.1 with Paperclip and trying to implement Uploadify for multiple file uploads on a single page. I tried following various samples, including: Rails3-Paperclip-Uploadify
Currently I have a Upload model which has a one to many relationship with my UploadImage model - This is what I had setup so far for my view:
UploadImages/new.html.erb
<%= javascript_include_tag "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.1/jquery.min.js" %>
<%= javascript_include_tag "swfobject.js", "jquery.uploadify.v2.1.0.js" %>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
<%- session_key = Rails.application.config.session_options[:key] -%>
$(document).ready(function()
{
// Create an empty object to store our custom script data
var uploadify_script_data = {};
// Fetch the CSRF meta tag data
var csrf_token = $('meta[name=csrf-token]').attr('content');
var csrf_param = $('meta[name=csrf-param]').attr('content');
// Now associate the data in the config, encoding the data safely
uploadify_script_data[csrf_token] = encodeURI(encodeURI(csrf_param));
$('.uploadify').uploadify
({
uploader : '/uploadify/uploadify.swf',
cancelImg : '/uploadify/cancel.png',
multi : true,
auto : false,
onComplete : function(event, queueID, fileObj, response, data)
{
var dat = eval('(' + response + ')');
$.getScript(dat.upload);
},
scriptData : {
'_http_accept': 'application/javascript',
'format' : 'json',
'_method': 'post',
'<%= session_key %>' : encodeURIComponent('<%= u cookies[session_key] %>'),
'authenticity_token': encodeURIComponent('<%= u form_authenticity_token %>'),
'upload_id' : '<%= #upload.id %>'
}
});
});
</script>
<%= form_for #upload.upload_images.build, :html => { :class => "upload", :multipart => true } do |f| %>
<%= f.file_field :image, :class => "uploadify" %>
<%= submit_tag "Submit Upload", :disable_with => "Uploading", :class => "submit"%>
<% end %>
I see the uploadify flash button, I select a few files and submit but this is all I see in my params:
{"utf8"=>"✓",
"authenticity_token"=>"K1bSH/FO0Hjdum0aiNU45mHJXezXTiCgh9XVmk1jrZM=",
"commit"=>"Submit Upload", "action"=>"create",
"controller"=>"upload_images"}
As you can see there is no file data being sent and even the scriptData that I specify doesn't get sent, I noticed that other people's code uses the script parameter for the uploadify function. In PHP frameworks they point it to the .php file which handles the saving. I'm using Paperclip so I wasn't sure how to implement this... perhaps this is my problem? Let me know if you need any additional details.

Answer 1

I found the answer by looking at this question: uploadify rails 3 nothing happens after the file is chosen
I had to attach some events to my submit button and add the script parameter to the uploadify function as I surmised.
So for starters in my config/routes.rb I needed to add:
post "upload_images/create"
And in my view I added:
$('#submit').click(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
});
$('#submit').click(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
$('.uploadify').uploadifyUpload();
});
and finally I added the script param to my initial uploadify function call:
script : '/upload_images/create'
After many hours of beating my head against it's finally working and making sense! Hope this helps somebody else.