# Uploading a folder?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uploading-a-folder/91580>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 10, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uploading-a-folder/91580 "2007-04-10T18:26:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![lalala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/eb8c5e/32.png) [@lalala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lalala)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uploading-a-folder/91580/1 "2007-04-10T18:26:16Z")

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Hi everyone,  
Is there a way for uploading the entire content of a folder instead of  
uploading each file separately ?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![lalala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/eb8c5e/32.png) [@lalala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lalala)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uploading-a-folder/91580/2 "2007-04-10T22:47:13Z")

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Lalala L. wrote:

> Hi everyone,  
> Is there a way for uploading the entire content of a folder instead of  
> uploading each file separately ?
> 
> Thank you

The web browser wont let you. Your best option is to support uploading  
of zip files which you can process with the rubyzip gem.

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**Author:** ![lalala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/eb8c5e/32.png) [@lalala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lalala)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uploading-a-folder/91580/3 "2007-04-12T03:18:01Z")

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Alex W. wrote:

> Lalala L. wrote:
> 
> > Hi everyone,  
> > Is there a way for uploading the entire content of a folder instead of  
> > uploading each file separately ?
> > 
> > Thank you
> 
> The web browser wont let you. Your best option is to support uploading  
> of zip files which you can process with the rubyzip gem.

Thank you, I will give that a try
