Save image from URL by paperclip - ruby-on-rails

Question

Please suggest me a way to save an image from an URL by Paperclip.

Answer 1

In Paperclip 3.1.4 it's become even simpler.
def picture_from_url(url)
self.picture = URI.parse(url)
end
This is slightly better than open(url). Because with open(url) you're going to get "stringio.txt" as the filename. With the above you're going to get a proper name of the file based on the URL. i.e.
self.picture = URI.parse("http://something.com/blah/avatar.png")
self.picture_file_name # => "avatar.png"
self.picture_content_type # => "image/png"

Answer 2

Here is a simple way:
require "open-uri"
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_attached_file :picture
def picture_from_url(url)
self.picture = open(url)
end
end
Then simply :
user.picture_from_url "http://www.google.com/images/logos/ps_logo2.png"

Answer 3

It didn't work for me until I used "open" for parsed URI.
once I added "open" it worked!
def picture_from_url(url)
self.picture = URI.parse(url).open
end
My paperclip version is 4.2.1
Before open it wouldn't detect the content type right, because it wasn't a file. It would say image_content_type: "binary/octet-stream", and even if I override it with the right content type it wouldn't work.

Answer 4

First download the image with the curb gem to a TempFile and then simply assign the tempfile object and save your model.

Answer 5

Into official documentation is reported here https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip/wiki/Attachment-downloaded-from-a-URL
Anyway it seems not updated, because in last version of paperclip something has changed and this line of code is no more valid:
user.picture = URI.parse(url)
It raise an error, in particular this error is raised:
Paperclip::AdapterRegistry::NoHandlerError: No handler found for #<URI:: ...
The new correct syntax is this one:
url = "https://www.example.com/photo.jpeg"
user.picture = Paperclip.io_adapters.for(URI.parse(url).to_s, { hash_digest: Digest::MD5 })
Also we need to add these lines into config/initializers/paperclip.rb file:
Paperclip::DataUriAdapter.register
Paperclip::HttpUrlProxyAdapter.register
Tested this with paperclip version 5.3.0 and it works.

Answer 6

It may helpful to you. Here is the code using paperclip and image present in remote URL .
require 'rubygems'
require 'open-uri'
require 'paperclip'
model.update_attribute(:photo,open(website_vehicle.image_url))
In model
class Model < ActiveRecord::Base
has_attached_file :photo, :styles => { :small => "150x150>", :thumb => "75x75>" }
end

Answer 7

As those are old Answer's here's a newer one:
Add Image Remote URL to your desired Controller in the Database
$ rails generate migration AddImageRemoteUrlToYour_Controller image_remote_url:string
$ rake db:migrate
Edit your Model
attr_accessible :description, :image, :image_remote_url
.
.
.
def image_remote_url=(url_value)
self.image = URI.parse(url_value) unless url_value.blank?
super
end
*In Rails4 you have to add the attr_accessible in the Controller.
Update your form, if you allow other to upload an Image from a URL
<%= f.input :image_remote_url, label: "Enter a URL" %>

Answer 8

This is a hardcore method:
original_url = url.gsub(/\?.*$/, '')
filename = original_url.gsub(/^.*\//, '')
extension = File.extname(filename)
temp_images = Magick::Image.from_blob open(url).read
temp_images[0].write(url = "/tmp/#{Uuid.uuid}#{extension}")
self.file = File.open(url)
where Uuid.uuid just makes some random ID.