Rails 3 with Uploadify & Paper_Clip

Question

Does anyone here have Rails 3 with the experience of Uploadify and Paper_Clip?

I want to allow the user to upload photos:

Here is my opinion:

<input id="fileInput" name="fileInput" type="file" /> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $('#fileInput').uploadify({ uploader : '/uploadify/uploadify.swf', fileDataName : 'photo[file]', script : '/photos/upload', cancelImg : '/uploadify/cancel.png', auto : true, scriptData : { '_http_accept': 'application/javascript', '_method': 'put', "<%= key = Rails.application.config.session_options[:key] %>" : "<%= cookies[key] %>", "<%= request_forgery_protection_token %>" : "<%= form_authenticity_token %>" } }); }); </script> 

My controller:

  def upload @photo = Photo.create(params[:file]) respond_to do |format| format.json end end 

My model: # Paper clip for has_attached_file photo: photo,,,,

PROBLEM ... this is when I use uploadify for rendering, if errors, In the logs it shows:

 Started POST "/photos/upload" for 127.0.0.1 at Sun Oct 24 12:16:38 -0700 2010 Processing by PhotosController#upload as HTML Parameters: {"photo"=>{"file"=>#<File:/var/folders/lF/lF0Ne5vGFj44kV54W3zBdU+++TI/-Tmp-/RackMultipart20101024-34605-sqvg1m-0>}, "_http_accept"=>"application/javascript", "Filename"=>"whiteboard_2.jpg", "folder"=>"/projects/3/photo_albums/", "authenticity_token"=>"l9TqKh1Q7/8riUjuPMj7QtiJwNNxvBKfENnTx/ijP3E=", "Upload"=>"Submit Query", "_cline_session"=>"BAh7CCIQX2NzcmZfdG9rZW4iMWw5VHFLaDFRNy84cmlVanVQTWo3UXRpSndOTnh2QktmRU5uVHgvaWpQM0U9Ig9zZXNzaW9uX2lkIiVmYjYyYmM5YjU0YTBkMWMwNWZmMDQ3NmE1NzU1YTE1YSIZd2FyZGVuLnVzZXIudXNlci5rZXlbByIJVXNlcmkG--f5b0cb3a6b775b2cc15eb30b20aa3c3f558b0412"} User Load (0.2ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE ("users"."id" = 1) LIMIT 1 SQL (0.4ms) INSERT INTO "photos" ("created_at", "description", "photo_content_type", "photo_file_name", "photo_file_size", "photo_updated_at", "title", "updated_at", "user_id") VALUES ('2010-10-24 19:16:39.042342', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2010-10-24 19:16:39.042342', NULL) [paperclip] Saving attachments. Completed 406 Not Acceptable in 50ms " => "BAh7CCIQX2NzcmZfdG9rZW4iMWw5VHFLaDFRNy84cmlVanVQTWo3UXRpSndOTnh2QktmRU5uVHgvaWpQM0U9Ig9zZXNzaW9uX2lkIiVmYjYyYmM5YjU0YTBkMWMwNWZmMDQ3NmE1NzU1YTE1YSIZd2FyZGVuLnVzZXIudXNlci5rZXlbByIJVXNlcmkG - f5b0cb3a6b775b2cc15eb30b20aa3c3f558b0412"} Started POST "/photos/upload" for 127.0.0.1 at Sun Oct 24 12:16:38 -0700 2010 Processing by PhotosController#upload as HTML Parameters: {"photo"=>{"file"=>#<File:/var/folders/lF/lF0Ne5vGFj44kV54W3zBdU+++TI/-Tmp-/RackMultipart20101024-34605-sqvg1m-0>}, "_http_accept"=>"application/javascript", "Filename"=>"whiteboard_2.jpg", "folder"=>"/projects/3/photo_albums/", "authenticity_token"=>"l9TqKh1Q7/8riUjuPMj7QtiJwNNxvBKfENnTx/ijP3E=", "Upload"=>"Submit Query", "_cline_session"=>"BAh7CCIQX2NzcmZfdG9rZW4iMWw5VHFLaDFRNy84cmlVanVQTWo3UXRpSndOTnh2QktmRU5uVHgvaWpQM0U9Ig9zZXNzaW9uX2lkIiVmYjYyYmM5YjU0YTBkMWMwNWZmMDQ3NmE1NzU1YTE1YSIZd2FyZGVuLnVzZXIudXNlci5rZXlbByIJVXNlcmkG--f5b0cb3a6b775b2cc15eb30b20aa3c3f558b0412"} User Load (0.2ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE ("users"."id" = 1) LIMIT 1 SQL (0.4ms) INSERT INTO "photos" ("created_at", "description", "photo_content_type", "photo_file_name", "photo_file_size", "photo_updated_at", "title", "updated_at", "user_id") VALUES ('2010-10-24 19:16:39.042342', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2010-10-24 19:16:39.042342', NULL) [paperclip] Saving attachments. Completed 406 Not Acceptable in 50ms 

Any ideas why Rails is not getting the downloaded file?

thanks

Answer 1

I think this is what you are looking for: http://github.com/websymphony/Rails3-Paperclip-Uploadify

Answer 2

Since you cannot upload images using regular AJAX requests (see uploading a file via ajax using php ), paperclip gem saves the request as standard text / html 'and sends the file up.

If you had an answer in your controller for HTML, you will see that it sends the HTML code that was requested by your browser. Check out Firefox LiveHTTPHeaders to compare normal: remote call with one clip application.