Ruby Forum Ruby > How do I upload an image with Sinatra (like Paperclip)?

Hi all,

I need to upload an image from my local computer to a web server and
store the location in a database (similar to how Paperclip and
attachment_fu work) in Sinatra.

Any ideas on how to get this to work?


Thanks in advance,
Tony

If you use datamapper, there is an paperclip for datamapper!

regards!

Marcos Vanetta wrote:
> If you use datamapper, there is an paperclip for datamapper!
> 
> regards!

Thanks for the reply! I'm using ActiveRecord and wouldn't want to change 
to Datamapper unless I HAD to. Thanks again, I'll look into it as soon 
as I get a chance.


-Tony

Tony Tony wrote:
> I need to upload an image from my local computer to a web server and
> store the location in a database (similar to how Paperclip and
> attachment_fu work) in Sinatra.

I don't know Paperclip or attachment_fu, but getting the attachment in 
Sinatra is easy: you get an open tempfile that you read from.

Something like this (extracted from some working code but not tested in 
isolation):

  post '/upload' do
    unless params[:file] &&
           (tmpfile = params[:file][:tempfile]) &&
           (name = params[:file][:filename])
      @error = "No file selected"
      return haml(:upload)
    end
    STDERR.puts "Uploading file, original name #{name.inspect}"
    while blk = tmpfile.read(65536)
      # here you would write it to its final location
      STDERR.puts blk.inspect
    end
    "Upload complete"
  end

---------
  %h1 Upload

  %form{:action=>"/upload",:method=>"post",:enctype=>"multipart/form-data"}
    %input{:type=>"file",:name=>"file"}
    %input{:type=>"submit",:value=>"Upload"}

Brian Candler wrote:
> Tony Tony wrote:
>> I need to upload an image from my local computer to a web server and
>> store the location in a database (similar to how Paperclip and
>> attachment_fu work) in Sinatra.
> 
> I don't know Paperclip or attachment_fu, but getting the attachment in 
> Sinatra is easy: you get an open tempfile that you read from.
> 
> Something like this (extracted from some working code but not tested in 
> isolation):
> 
>   post '/upload' do
>     unless params[:file] &&
>            (tmpfile = params[:file][:tempfile]) &&
>            (name = params[:file][:filename])
>       @error = "No file selected"
>       return haml(:upload)
>     end
>     STDERR.puts "Uploading file, original name #{name.inspect}"
>     while blk = tmpfile.read(65536)
>       # here you would write it to its final location
>       STDERR.puts blk.inspect
>     end
>     "Upload complete"
>   end
> 
> ---------
>   %h1 Upload
> 
>   %form{:action=>"/upload",:method=>"post",:enctype=>"multipart/form-data"}
>     %input{:type=>"file",:name=>"file"}
>     %input{:type=>"submit",:value=>"Upload"}

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Thank you Brian! I will give it a shot when I have some time and reply 
here. Truly appreciate it!


-Tony

phanks:

post '/upload' do
    unless params[:file] &&
           (tmpfile = params[:file][:tempfile]) &&
           (name = params[:file][:filename])
      @error = "No file selected"
      return haml(:upload)
    end
      directory = "public/files"
      path = File.join(directory, name)
      File.open(path, "wb") { |f| f.write(tmpfile.read) }
end

so will be better for me :)

Almaz OM wrote:
> phanks:
> 
> post '/upload' do
>     unless params[:file] &&
>            (tmpfile = params[:file][:tempfile]) &&
>            (name = params[:file][:filename])
>       @error = "No file selected"
>       return haml(:upload)
>     end
>       directory = "public/files"
>       path = File.join(directory, name)
>       File.open(path, "wb") { |f| f.write(tmpfile.read) }
> end
> 
> so will be better for me :)

OK. Beware that f.write(tmpfile.read) will use as much RAM as the size 
of the attachment. Hence the suggestion to read it in and write it out 
in blocks of, say, 64K.