# Uploading module in rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uploading-module-in-rails/59297>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 3, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uploading-module-in-rails/59297 "2006-05-03T17:46:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alexander\_Muse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Alexander\_Muse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alexander_Muse)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uploading-module-in-rails/59297/1 "2006-05-03T17:46:51Z")

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PodServe ([http://www.pod-serve.com](http://www.pod-serve.com)) is written using ruby on rails. We  
host audio and movie files for users, but first they have to upload the  
files to our servers. Most of our users are non-technical so ftp is not  
an option - instead they use a browser based http upload.

We have lots of of problems including (according to our engineer):  
“Upload large files thought http always was a problematic feature: we  
have browser timeouts, server timeouts, network connection problems - a  
lot of things can affect the upload.”

I use DropSend and they don’t have any of the issues I face from our own  
application. I asked our programmers why (according to our programmer):  
“they are not using rails for the files upload. That’s something I’ve  
discussed with alexl / kevin - Maybe we should do the upload module  
using perl or php, so we can get a visual statusbar with connection  
information and upload complete %.”

Is this true? Check out this screenshot:  
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/45/139783365_dcad35ba52_z.jpg "If only Rails could do this...") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexmuse/139783365/)  
Why can’t we do something like that in rails? Any help, thoughts, would  
be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Alexander\_Muse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Alexander\_Muse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alexander_Muse)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uploading-module-in-rails/59297/2 "2006-05-03T17:48:24Z")

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Alexander Muse wrote:

After seeing this our programmers stated: “rails will be able to do  
that, but at this time is not a good idea to play with the visual  
uploading – it’s pretty alpha.”

> PodServe ([http://www.pod-serve.com](http://www.pod-serve.com)) is written using ruby on rails. We  
> host audio and movie files for users, but first they have to upload the  
> files to our servers. Most of our users are non-technical so ftp is not  
> an option - instead they use a browser based http upload.
> 
> We have lots of of problems including (according to our engineer):  
> “Upload large files thought http always was a problematic feature: we  
> have browser timeouts, server timeouts, network connection problems - a  
> lot of things can affect the upload.”
> 
> I use DropSend and they don’t have any of the issues I face from our own  
> application. I asked our programmers why (according to our programmer):  
> “they are not using rails for the files upload. That’s something I’ve  
> discussed with alexl / kevin - Maybe we should do the upload module  
> using perl or php, so we can get a visual statusbar with connection  
> information and upload complete %.”
> 
> Is this true? Check out this screenshot:  
> [If only Rails could do this... | DropSend is a great service… | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexmuse/139783365/)  
> Why can’t we do something like that in rails? Any help, thoughts, would  
> be appreciated.