Download video in rails app

Question

I need a plugin to download videos in a rails application.

Can someone give me an idea on how to do this?

Answer 1

Try paperclip gem, very popular for this purpose.

Answer 2

You can also use carrierwavegem

• Add to your Gemfile: gem 'carrierwave'

  Run bundle install

• Create a bootloader to download the video using the carrier generator.

  rails g uploader video

• Creates a file video_uploader.rbin a directoryuploaders

• , , , add_{column}_to_{model}

  rails g migration add_video_to_post video:string

• rake db:migrate

• class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
        mount_uploader :video, VideoUploader  
  end
  

• PostController

  class PostController < ApplicationController
        .
        . 
        .
        def post_params
            params.require(:post).permit(:name,:video)
        end
  end
  

• _forml.html.erb, views/posts

  <%=f.file_field :video%>
  

• /

  <% @posts.each do |post|%>
      <%= post.name %>
      <%= video_tag post.video_url.to_s :controls =>true %>
  <%end%>
  

https://github.com/carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave http://railscasts.com/episodes/253-carrierwave-file-uploads

Answer 3

Even more specific, I created a Rails gem that works specifically with the video: https://rubygems.org/gems/paperclip-ffmpeg