Downloading S3 files(objects) using aws-sdk for ruby in rails - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am not using paperclip or carrierwave or any other gems for interaction with amazon web services s3. In fact, I am not using any models, just directly interacting with S3 objects.
Can someone please provide some code as to how to directly download objects(files) from AWS S3
This is my code so far :
View:
<h2>Download Files</h2>
<%#root_files.each do |file| %>
<% next if #obj %>
<td>Filename: <b><%= file %></b></td>
<td><%= link_to "Download", download_url_for(file) %></td>
<% end %>
Corresponding Controller:
def xxx
bucket = AWS::S3.new.buckets[ ENV["BUCKET"]]
#root_files = bucket.as_tree.children.select(&:leaf?).collect(&:key)
end
download_url_for method:
def download_url_for(file_key)
s3 = AWS::S3.new
bucket = s3.buckets[ ENV["BUCKET"]]
object = bucket.objects[file_key]
File.open('xxxxx', 'wb') do |file|
object.read do |chunk|
file.write(chunk)
end
end
end
I need to be able to save the downloaded file on any browsable non-pretedetermined location on my desktop.Id really appreciate view on how to modify the download_url_for method to achieve this.
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I just tried using
<td><%= link_to "Download",object.value.url_for(:read).to_s %></td>
But on downloading I only get a zip file with xml content inside it, not the original file (word document in my case) --- any thoughts on how to modify this so as to get the actual file type and contents? Thanks
=======================Heres my code for uploading the file
View code:
<%= form_tag({:action => 'create_file'}, multipart: true) do %>
<%= file_field_tag 'uploaded_file' %><br />
<%= submit_tag 'Upload' %> <br />
<% end %>
Controller action - create_file action
def create_file
s3 = AWS::S3.new
bucket = s3.buckets[ENV["BUCKET"]]
key = params[:uploaded_file].original_filename
object = bucket.objects[key]
object.write(params[:uploaded_file].read)
end
Can someone suggest as to how I can check the MIME type or preserve the filename while uploading if thats the issue as mentioned by #Frederick Cheung? thanks

Answer 1

You'd probably be better off providing a url for users to download directly from S3 rather than trying to stream the file through your Rails app.
The aws-sdk provides the url_for method to accomplish this: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSRubySDK/latest/AWS/S3/S3Object.html#url_for-instance_method. It takes a bunch of options for expiration, security, caching, etc. A basic example:
<td><%= link_to "Download", file.url_for(:read) %></td>
--EDIT--
To access the url_for method in the view, you'll need references to the s3 objects. So in your controller, you want to collect objects from the leaf nodes, not keys:
#root_files = bucket.as_tree.children.select(&:leaf?).collect(&:object)