Rails 3 + Paperclip: moving current data to another folder - ruby-on-rails-3

As i'm new to Rails, I made the mistake of using the default path ( /system/:attachment/:id/:style/:filename ) in 4 different models. Now, i would like to move each model to its own folder but without losing old data.
What is the proper way of handling this? Does Paperclip offer an option to automatically migrate data from old folders?
Thanks.

I had a similar dilemma. We were storing all our attachments in a certain path, and then business requirements changed and everything had to be moved and re-organized.
I'm surprised how little info there is on changing paperclip path and moving files. Maybe I'm missing the obvious?
Like Fernando I had to write a rake task. Here's what my code looks like (attachments model is Attachment, and the actual Paperclip::Attachment object is :file )
task :move_attachments_to_institution_folders => :environment do
attachments = Attachment.all
puts "== FOUND #{attachments.size} ATTACHMENTS =="
old_path_interpolation = APP_CONFIG[ 'paperclip_attachment_root' ] + "/:id_partition.:extension"
new_path_interpolation = APP_CONFIG[ 'paperclip_attachment_root' ] + "/:institution/reports/:id_:filename"
attachments.each do |attachment|
# the interpolate method of paperclip takes the symbol variables and evaluates them to proper path segments.
old_file_path = Paperclip::Interpolations.interpolate(old_path_interpolation, attachment.file, attachment.file.default_style) #see paperclip docs
puts "== Current file path: #{old_file_path}"
new_file_path = Paperclip::Interpolations.interpolate(new_path_interpolation, attachment.file, attachment.file.default_style)
if File.exists?(old_file_path)
if !File.exists?(new_file_path) #don't overwrite
FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(new_file_path)) #create folder if it doesn't exist
FileUtils.cp(old_file_path, new_file_path)
puts "==== File copied (^_^)"
else
puts "==== File already exists in new location."
end
else
puts "==== ! Real File Not Found ! "
end
end
The key thing for me was to have paperclip re-calculate the old path by using its default interpolations. From then it was just a matter of using standard FileUtils to copy the file over. The copy takes care of renaming.
P.S.
I'm on rails 2.3.8 branch, with paperclip -v 2.8.0

I ended up creating a small rake task to do this. Assuming that you have a model called User and your image file is called "image", place the following code in lib/tasks/change_users_folder.rb
desc "Change users folder"
task :change_users_folder => :environment do
#users = User.find :all
#users.each do |user|
unless user.image_file_name.blank?
filename = Rails.root.join('public', 'system', 'images', user.id.to_s, 'original', user.image_file_name)
if File.exists? filename
user.image = File.new filename
user.save
end
end
end
end
Them, run rake change_users_folder and wait.
Note that this won't delete old files. They will be kept at the original place and a copy will be created at the new folder. If everything went well, you can delete them later.
And for my future code, i will make sure i always set :path and :url when using paperclip :)

Related

ActiveStorage download all

I use ActiveStorage recently, and I would like to know if there is a way to download all the attached files in one time. For example I have a Post, with many photos, and the user can download all the photos attached to this post.
Download all attached photos to a post in a ZIP file as follow:
def download_zip
send_zip Post.photos
end
You have to use the following gem
gem 'active_storage-send_zip'
Do not forget to add to your controller:
include ActiveStorage::SendZip
Reference:
https://github.com/madeindjs/active_storage-send_zip
You can acheive this with recursion + ActiveStorage::Blob#open
https://api.rubyonrails.org/v6.0.2.1/classes/ActiveStorage/Blob.html#method-i-open
Sample code:
def download_all(attachments, files = [], &block)
if attachments.empty?
yield files
return
end
attachments.first.open do |file|
files << file
method(__method__)[attachments[1, attachments.length - 1], files, &block]
end
end
Usage:
download_all(record.attachments) do |files|
pp files
end
Note that files will be automatically removed after the block terminates, you must process all files inside the block.

What method does Paperclip use to clean up file name?

Thoughtbot's Paperclip gem (v 3.2.1) will clean up filenames, replacing spaces and other special chars with underscores. I am reimporting data and need to check whether attachments have already been uploaded, but the original file name may not match the attached file name in Paperclip. What method does Paperclip use for the clean up?
Found the answer digging into the source code. It's a private instance method Paperclip::Attachment#cleanup_filename . (Since this is a short lived (one off) import task I dont mind the (slight) risk of using an unpublished method.)
Thus my code looks something like this (Post has_many :attachments; Attachment has_attached_file :attached )
if #post.attachments.present?
cleaned_filename = #post.attachments.first.attached.send :cleanup_filename, filename
if #post.attachments.map(&:attached_file_name).include? cleaned_filename
puts "already attached: #{filename}"
return
end
end
puts "attaching upload: #{filename}"

How can I reorganize an existing folder hierarchy with CarrierWave?

I am trying to move files around my S3 bucket using CarrierWave to reorganize the folder structure.
I came to an existing Rails application where all images for a class are being uploaded into a folder called /uploads. This is causing problems where if two users upload different images with the same file-name, the second image overwrites the first. To solve this, I want to reorganize the folders to place each image in its own directory according to the ActiveRecord object instance. We are using CarrierWave to manage file uploads.
The old uploader code had the following method:
def store_dir
"uploads"
end
I modified the method to reflect my new file storage scheme:
def store_dir
"uploads/#{model.class.to_s.underscore}/#{mounted_as}/#{model.id}"
end
This works great for new images, but breaks the url for old images. Existing images report their URL to be inside the new folder immediately when I change the model, while the image files are still stored in /uploads.
> object.logo.store_dir
=> "uploads/object/logo/133"
This is not correct. This object should report its logo in /uploads.
My solution is to write a script to move the image files, but I haven't found the correct methods in CarrierWave to move the files. My script would look something like this:
MyClass.all.each |image|
filename = file.name #This method exists in my uploader, returns the file name
#Move the file from "/uploads" to "uploads/#{model.class.to_s.underscore}/#{mounted_as}/#{model.id}"
end
What should I do in line three of my script to move the file to a new location?
WARNING: This is untested, so please don't use on production before testing it out.
Here's the thing, once you change the contents of 'store_dir', all your old uploads will become missing. You know this already. Interacting with S3 directly seems like the most obvious way of solving this, since carrierwave doesn't have a move function.
One thing that might work, would be to re-'store' your uploads and change the 'store_dir' path in the 'before :store' callback.
In your uploader:
#Use the old uploads directory so carriewave knows where the original upload is
def store_dir
'uploads'
end
before :store, :swap_out_store_dir
def swap_out_store_dir
self.class_eval do
def store_dir
"uploads/#{model.class.to_s.underscore}/#{mounted_as}/#{model.id}"
end
end
end
And then run a script like this:
MyClass.all.each do |image|
image.image.cache! #create a local cache so that store! has something to store
image.image.store!
end
After this, verify that the files have been copied to the correct locations. You'll then have to delete the old upload files. Also, remove the one time use uploader code above and replace it with your new store_dir path:
def store_dir
"uploads/#{model.class.to_s.underscore}/#{mounted_as}/#{model.id} "
end
I haven't tested this out, so I can't guarantee it will work. Please use test data first to see if it works and comment here if you've had any success.

trying to upload files using a ruby rake task

So I'm using Spree as my shopping cart in Ruby on Rails. Spree is version 1-1-stable, and Ruby is v1.9.3, and Ruby on Rails is v3.2.3.
I have a remote host that has images that I want to download for my Spree cart. This is the code I'm using to pull it. Some of it may not make sense, because I'm trying to do whatever I can to get this to work so it could use a little cleaning.
# Add image to the product
vendor_id = plink_and_pull(item, "VendorID")
image_name = plink_and_pull(item, "ImageName")
# TODO: add if image exists to this unless
unless image_name.nil? || vendor_id.nil? || plink_and_pull(item, "ImageFound").to_i == 0 || File.exists?("/public/prod_images/#{vendor_id}/#{image_name.gsub(' ', '%20')}")
unless Dir.exists? "/public/prod_images/#{vendor_id}"
Dir.mkdir("/public/prod_images/#{vendor_id}", 777)
end
file = File.new("public/prod_images/#{vendor_id}/#{image_name.gsub(' ', '%20')}", 'w+')
file.binmode
open(URI.parse("http://login.xolights.com/vendors/#{vendor_id}/large/#{image_name.gsub(' ', '%20')}")) do |data|
file.write data.read
end
img = Spree::Image.create({:attachment => "public/prod_images/#{vendor_id}/#{image_name}",
:viewable => product}, :without_protection => true)
end
But the error I get says "No such file or directory - /public/prod_images/29" and it references the "Dir.mkdir" line up there. However, I manually created this directory to try to get it to work. In my exception rescue I have the working directory printed out, which is the base directory of my app on my machine. (I am running this on localhost atm.)
I am thinking that maybe I need to do something in my routes.rb file? But I am such a novice at Ruby on Rails routes that I'm not sure where to start... or even if that's the problem here.
I am not that familiar with RubyMine. But rest assured that it's not about routes. It's not Rails-specific. It's Ruby (and OS)-specific because Dir.mkdir is part of standard Ruby library. Just remove the leading / from the path and see whether it works. (So, the actual path will be {your Rails app's root directory}/public/prod_images

Paperclip processor can't find it's file

Formerly: Running a model method on a paperclip attachment after create or update (paperclip callbacks don't seem to work)
Edit (later that day)
I figured out my problem. The processor apparently works with the file that is updated, but doesn't save any files until after processing. I changed my Zip::ZipFile to open 'file' rather than 'attachment.path' since the attachment path doesn't actually hold anything yet. This fixed the first problem. Now I'm having other problems that I'll need to track down. But the answer below is mostly correct.
Edit (1/31/2011):
So I have taken the advice to create a processor for my attachment which will perform all the necessary actions. So far, it looks like it should work; the processor starts and does all the initialization stuff, apparently. However, when I get the point where I want to access the zip file that gets uploaded, I get an error saying that the file cannot be found. The code for my processor is below:
class Extractor < Processor
attr_accessor :resolution, :whiny
def initialize(file, options = {}, attachment = nil)
super
#file = file
#whiny = options[:whiny].nil? ? true : options[:whiny]
#basename = File.basename(#file.path, File.extname(#file.path))
#attachment = attachment
#instance = attachment.instance
end
def make
# do your conversions here, you've got #file, #attachment and #basename to work with
export_path = attachment.path.gsub('.zip', '_content')
Zip::ZipFile.open(attachment.path) { |zip_file|
zip_file.each { |image|
image_path = File.join(export_path, image.name)
FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(image_path))
unless File.exist?(image_path)
zip_file.extract(image, image_path)
# ..stuff that it does..
end
}
}
# clean up source files, but leave the zip
FileUtils.remove_dir(export_path)
# you return a file handle which is the processed result
dst = File.open result_file_path
end
end
And here is the contents of the error that I get:
Zip::ZipError in GalleriesController#create
File /home/joshua/railscamp/moments_on_three/public/assets/archives/delrosario.zip not found
Rails.root: /home/joshua/railscamp/moments_on_three
Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace
config/initializers/extractor.rb:16:in `make'
app/controllers/galleries_controller.rb:32:in `new'
app/controllers/galleries_controller.rb:32:in `create'
Request
Parameters:
{"utf8"=>"✓",
"authenticity_token"=>"0s4L4MrlqjDTMjzjgkUdvUxeHklZNOIShDhT6fgOICY=",
"gallery"=>{"name"=>"DelRosario",
"public"=>"0",
"owner_id"=>"1",
"shoot_date(1i)"=>"2011",
"shoot_date(2i)"=>"1",
"shoot_date(3i)"=>"31",
"category_id"=>"1",
"archive"=>#<ActionDispatch::Http::UploadedFile:0x00000004148d78 #original_filename="delrosario.zip",
#content_type="application/zip",
#headers="Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"gallery[archive]\"; filename=\"delrosario.zip\"\r\nContent-Type: application/zip\r\n",
#tempfile=#<File:/tmp/RackMultipart20110131-9745-14u347v>>},
"commit"=>"Create Gallery"}
From what I can tell it's looking for the file in the right place, but the file doesn't seem to be uploaded yet to access it. As far as I'm aware, Paperclip is smart enough to know and wait for the attachment to upload before it tries to process it. Can anyone spot what I'm doing wrong here?
Thanks a lot.
Old stuff:
I'm developing a photo gallery app using Rails 3 and Paperclip. The Admin is able to create a gallery and upload a zip file containing a bunch of images.
What I want to happen:
Enter gallery info and zip file to upload into the form.
Hit 'Create Gallery' button.
Form posts, gallery saves, and zip file gets uploaded.
After zip file is uploaded, run the method :extract_photos (btw, this code
works).
4.a. At the end of this method, zip file is destroyed.
Admin is redirected to gallery page with all the photos in it (where
gallery has_many photos).
I've tried to make this work several different ways.
Before, I created a controller method which would allow the Admin to click a link which ran the :extract_photos method. This worked on my computer, but for some reason the server had trouble routing this on the client's computer. So it's a no go. Plus I thought it was an ugly way of doing it.
Recently, I tried using callback methods. after_save didn't work because it apparently interrupts the form POST and the file doesn't get uploaded and the :extract_photos method can't find the file.
I checked out callback methods on the Paperclip github page, and it talks about the callbacks:
Before and after the Post Processing
step, Paperclip calls back to the
model with a few callbacks, allowing
the model to change or cancel the
processing step. The callbacks are
"before_post_process" and
"after_post_process" (which are called
before and after the processing of
each attachment), and the
attachment-specific
"beforepost_process" and
"afterpost_process". The callbacks are
intended to be as close to normal
ActiveRecord callbacks as possible, so
if you return false (specifically -
returning nil is not the same) in a
before filter, the post processing
step will halt. Returning false in an
after filter will not halt anything,
but you can access the model and the
attachment if necessary.
I've tried using before_post_process and after_post_process, but it can't find the file to run the process, so the file obviously isn't getting uploaded by the time those methods are getting called (which I think is strange). Additionally, when I try beforepost_process and afterpost_process, I get a NoMethodError.
So how do I call a method on an attachment when it is created or updated, but after the file is uploaded and in the right place?
UPDATE
I tried the code below, moving my extraction method code into the make method of the processor. I've gotten farther than I have did before with trying to write a processor, but it's still a no-go. The process throws an exception as soon as I try and open the uploaded file for processing, saying the file doesn't exist. The naming scheme is correct and everything, but still nothing is getting uploaded before the process is getting triggered. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?
You can write your own processor to accomplish this.
in your model when declaring the paperclip stuff add a custom processor
has_attached_file :my_attachment, {
:styles => {:original => {:processors => [:my_processor]}}
}.merge(PAPERCLIP_SETTINGS)
then write your own processor and put it config/initializers:
module Paperclip
class MyProcessor < Processor
attr_accessor :resolution, :whiny
def initialize(file, options = {}, attachment = nil)
super
#file = file
#whiny = options[:whiny].nil? ? true : options[:whiny]
#basename = File.basename(#file.path, File.extname(#file.path))
#attachment = attachment
end
def make
# do your conversions here, you've got #file, #attachment and #basename to work with
# you return a file handle which is the processed result
dst = File.open result_file_path
end
end
end
I am using a custom processor to things similar to what you are doing with lots of processing and converting of the file in the middle and it seems to work well.