Rails Paperclip Gem - save parent model ID to path - ruby-on-rails

Question

I have a model of ThreesixtyViewer which also has a nested resource of the ThreesixtyViewerImage model. An image attribute is being saved via the paperclip gem - but I am having issues updating the file path how it's needed.
The images for each ThreesixtyViewer needs to be saved together within one directory that is associated with the specific viewer. For example:
/public/system/threesixty_viewer_images/12/large/filename.jpg
In this example, the 12 in the path would be the id of the specific threesixtyviewer - but I cannot find any examples with that functionality. If the ThreesixtyViewer had an ID of 57, then the path would look like so:
/public/system/threesixty_viewer_images/57/large/filename.jpg
threesixty_viewer.rb
belongs_to :article
has_many :threesixty_viewer_images, dependent: :delete_all
accepts_nested_attributes_for :threesixty_viewer_images, allow_destroy: true
threesixty_viewer_image.rb
belongs_to :threesixty_viewer
has_attached_file :image, styles: { small: "500x500#", large: "1440x800>" },
path: ':rails_root/public/system/:class/:VIEWER_ID/:size/:filename',
url: '/system/:class/:VIEWER_ID/:size/:filename'
validates_attachment_content_type :image, content_type: /\Aimage\/.*\Z/
I know the :path and :url attributes need to beupdated for the has_attached_file within the threesixty_viewer_image.rb - but I am unsure as to how I can get the id for the threesixty_viewer... for now I added a :VIEWER_ID in it's place.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for anyone who can lend an eye!

Answer 1

You can add any of the models attributes to that path for this object. I believe you can even go so far as adding anything that the method will respond to, so you can even create path helpers for returning specific strings (such as month it was saved, year, etc).
In your case, ThreesixtyViewerImage is a child model, your table should include a column for the parent model. In your case, that attribute is probably :threesixty_viewer_id
Here is what I think you need for setting that path on threesixty_viewer_image.rb:
has_attached_file :image,
styles: { small: "500x500#", large: "1440x800>" },
path: ":rails_root/public/system/:class/:threesixty_viwer_id/:size/:filename",
url: "/system/:class/:threesixty_viewer_id/:size/:filename"
validates_attachment_content_type :image, content_type: /\Aimage\/.*\Z/
EDIT
Everything I said above is dead wrong. My apologies! What you need to use is a Paperclip::Interpolation. Here's a link
Here's what I did to make use:
Create a new file: config/initializers/paperclip_interpolators
Place something like this in that file:
Paperclip.interpolates :threesixty_viewer_id do |attachment, style|
attachment.instance.threesixty_viewer_id
end
Restart your application
Regenerate your paths/folders for the attachments. Here's a Link
Anytime you want another attribute in your path, just add another interpolator! Sorry again for misleading you before.

Answer 2

#colin_hagan is on the right path - I would suggest you look into Paperclip Interpolations:
#app/models/threesixty_viewer_image.rb
class ThreesixtyViewerImage < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :threesixty_viewer
has_attached_file :image,
path: ":rails_root/public/system/:class/:threesixty_viewer_id/:size/:filename",
url: "/system/:class/:threesixty_viewer_id/:size/:filename"
Paperclip.interpolates :threesixty_viewer_id do |attachment, style|
attachment.instance.threesixty_viewer_id
end
end
Notice the double quotes, rather than single.
Double quotes should be used for interpolation - single quotes are for literal strings (I think).
Another thing I found some time back is the paperclip_defaults option -- allowing you to specify styles etc for any attachments:
#config/application.rb
...
config.paperclip_defaults = {
styles: { small: "500x500#", large: "1440x800>" }
}
These can be overridden in your respective models - it's just handy for me, as it means you don't have to explicitly define styles each time you have an attachment.