Seek Rails Design Pattern for Photo Manipulation Service

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Hello,

I’ve built a powerful image manipulation engine in C++ that I want to
deploy as a Web-based service for all to use. The idea is straight
forward: Visit my site, submit a photo, select a visual treatment, press
go, and receive the resultant photo via email.

See samples here: theimageengine photos on Flickr | Flickr

While the engine is rock solid, I am struggling a bit with how to
architect the Rails around it. I suspect this architecture is one that
has appeared elsewhere and I am wondering if someone could sketch for me
what it should look like.

Thanks in advance,
Doug Turner
skype: dduuggllaa

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Douglass T. wrote:

Hello,

I’ve built a powerful image manipulation engine in C++ that I want to
deploy as a Web-based service for all to use. The idea is straight
forward: Visit my site, submit a photo, select a visual treatment, press
go, and receive the resultant photo via email.

See samples here: theimageengine photos on Flickr | Flickr

While the engine is rock solid, I am struggling a bit with how to
architect the Rails around it. I suspect this architecture is one that
has appeared elsewhere and I am wondering if someone could sketch for me
what it should look like.

Thanks in advance,
Doug Turner
skype: dduuggllaa

Here is my 10 sec design. Use file_column to load the file and
associated atttributes. Once upload succeeds kick a job on the server
to do the transofrmation and send the email.

ajay